{"id":913357,"date":"2026-11-11T08:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T08:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/913357\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T08:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T08:06:20","slug":"milwaukee-bald-eagle-dies-from-severe-lead-poisoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/913357\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee bald eagle dies from severe lead poisoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1794384380_626_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Denise Craig\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A bald eagle found suffering from severe lead poisoning has died, the Wisconsin Humane Society Wildlife Rehabilitation Center announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Esteban Salamanca spotted the eagle hopping through his neighbor\u2019s yard last week. He became concerned when the bird was still there after he got ready for bed.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">The humane society sent two licensed wildlife rehabilitators, who noticed that the eagle was having trouble breathing. Lab tests later confirmed severe lead poisoning.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">X-rays showed that the eagle had swallowed fragments of a manufactured object, the humane society said. Staff members could not identify the fragments, but said they may have come from fishing tackle or ammunition.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">\u201cIt\u2019s a good reminder that leaving spent ammunition or tackle in the environment can have unintended and devastating consequences for wild animals,\u201d the humane society said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bald eagle found suffering from severe lead poisoning has died, the Wisconsin Humane Society Wildlife Rehabilitation Center&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[379217,148859,7501,1151,253850,15907,379222,35561,11751,379216,381580,39694,262159,82315,337216,222246,44214,379221,381584,381579,8263,381582,53324,379219,19234,32889,66558,80612,379218,79,381581,379215,135122,379223,112430,11484,45717,39691,201,55231,25258,1745,379214,379220,53405,26531,381583],"class_list":["post-913357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-alyssa-baumann","tag-ammunition","tag-bald-eagle","tag-bird","tag-bird-rescue","tag-care","tag-clear-sign","tag-critical-condition","tag-eagle","tag-eagle-treatment","tag-esteban-salamanca","tag-fishing-tackle","tag-fragment","tag-humane-society","tag-lab-test","tag-lead-exposure","tag-lead-poisoning","tag-licensed-rehabilitator","tag-licensed-wildlife-rehabilitator","tag-licensed-wildlife-rehabilitators","tag-milwaukee","tag-milwaukee-bald-eagle","tag-milwaukee-county","tag-native-wild-animals","tag-native-wildlife","tag-neighbor","tag-object","tag-piece","tag-respiratory-distress","tag-science","tag-severe-lead","tag-severe-lead-poisoning","tag-staff-member","tag-tiny-metallic-piece","tag-trouble","tag-tuesday","tag-wild-animal","tag-wild-animals","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-center","tag-wildlife-rehabilitation","tag-wisconsin","tag-wisconsin-humane-society","tag-world-series-watch-party","tag-x-ray","tag-x-rays","tag-yard-last-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}