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Dec 1, 2006 8:36 am US/Pacific

Environmentalists Sue State Over Condor Deaths

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles by a coalition of environmental groups says California condors are dying from lead poisoning because the state has failed to ban lead hunting ammunition.

The suit accuses the state Fish and Game Commission and the Department of Fish and Game of violating the federal Endangered Species Act by permitting continued harm to the rare giant vultures.

It says birds have died after eating carcasses of animals killed by lead bullets or buckshot.

There are currently 135 condors flying freely throughout the southwestern United States and all are considered at risk for lead poisoning.

A Department of Fish and Game spokesman says they agency is disappointed by the lawsuit because it is already reviewing the issue of lead ammunition.

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