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The European Union recently announced plans to curtail significantly the use of lead shot and bullets across all member states, mainly for the protection of birds. One group of birds that has disproportionately been affected by the use of lead ammunition is birds of prey, as a recent wide-ranging study by the University of Cambridge has revealed.