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  VANCOUVER She’s known as #149 at MARS Wildlife Rescue on Vancouver Island, and she’s lucky to be alive. The bald eagle was found, prone and unmoving, on a property near Black Creek about 25 kilometres south of Campbell River, then transported a short 10-minute drive to the MARS rescue centre near Merville. “She is severely lead-poisoned,” said Kiersten Shyian, assistant manager of wildlife rehabilitation at MARS. She is on her second round of chelation therapy: injections and pills to try to remove the lead from her system. She’s also the fifth bald eagle the centre has had in its care this season that arrived showing various stages and symptoms of lead poisoning. Lead is what’s known as a “heavy metal” and remains in the body indefinitely. It causes respiratory and neurological symptoms that can build up over time and impact the bird’s ability to fly, hunt and see. Some, like #149, are completely incapacitated.

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