Bald Eagle Protection Act

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Bald Eagle Protection Act

United States [1940]

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Population and conservation efforts
government’s Bald Eagle Protection Act of 1940 made it illegal to kill bald eagles (Alaska was exempt), but the birds’ numbers continued to decline, primarily because of the effects of the pesticide DDT, which came into widespread agricultural use after World War II. This pesticide accumulated…
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government’s Bald Eagle Protection Act of 1940 made it illegal to kill bald eagles (Alaska was exempt), but the birds’ numbers continued to decline, primarily because of the effects of the pesticide DDT, which came into widespread agricultural use after World War II. This pesticide accumulated…
Read More