I'll back off on this. I have seen photos of dead bald eagles with gunshot wounds near ranches, but if killing bald eagles is illegal, then I guess it doesn't happen.
Bill Silvert ----- Original Message ----- From: "WENDEE HOLTCAMP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'William Silvert'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 6:16 PM Subject: RE: mountain lions/source sink management Do you have scientific basis that the US is a sink for bald eagles? As I understand it, with the mountain lions the source-sink dynamics occur on a much smaller scale than countries. And a sink is really a sink. Like ranches that literally kill the animals when the intrude, or areas where hunting is more active. I don't know of any active killing of bald eagles and such a thing is prohibited, no? Just because we may not be a source does not necessarily mean we're a sink. The bald eagles are on the rise in the US aren't they? I also thought they WERE removed from the ESA, weren't they?? Wendee
