3 hawks with gunshot wounds sent to rehab center

摘要

A wildlife rehabilitation center near Pendleton, Ore., says it has received three hawks with gunshot wounds, including a dead Cooper's hawk from the Baker City area. The hawks were sent to Blue Mountain Wildlife last week, the East Oregonian reported. State and federal laws protect raptors and other native birds that are not game fowl. Lynn Tompkins, Blue Mountain Wildlife executive director, said the Cooper's hawk had fractures and a necropsy confirmed the hawk was shot - likely with nonlead ammunition, which does not fragment like lead.