Just two deaths out of 175, much less than shooting, poisoning or electrocution.
We recovered 175 dead golden eagles that were tagged with transmitters and determined the cause of death for 126 (72%). The observed causes of death were starvation and emaciation (N = 37), shooting (N = 16), collisions (N = 16 five with vehicles, two with wind turbines, two with power lines, one with a train, and six undetermined), accidents (N = 15 four predation, two impacts with natural features, one drowning, one burned in a wildfire, and seven trauma but in natural settings), electrocution (N = 13), poisoning (N = 10 four lead, three multiple substances including lead, two Aldicarb, and one anticoagulant rodenticide [Cholorophacinone and Diphacinone]), disease (N = 8 four West Nile virus, two septicemia, one complications from knemidocoptiasis, and one with multiple issues), intraspecific fighting (N = 7, 6 of which were AY3 individuals), and trapping (N = 4 one Conibear, one snare, and two unspecified traps).
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9286660/
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