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Appeals court again shoots down attempt to ban hunters’ use of lead shot

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Forest Service cannot be required to prohibit the use of lead shot by hunters in the Kaibab National Forest, a practice that environmentalists say can poison and kill wildlife, including critically endangered California condors. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the service’s failure […]

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