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Poisoned Wildlife and Tainted Meat: Why Hunters Are Moving Away From Lead Bullets

Chelsea Cassens during an elk hunt at The Nature Conservancy’s Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in Imnaha, Ore., Sept. 17, 2018. More and more hunters are making the transition to copper bullets amid mounting evidence that lead bullets are poisoning the wildlife that feed on carcasses and polluting the game meat that many people eat. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)