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  1. Danish Academy of Hunting, Skrejrupvej 31, 8410, Rønde, Denmark

    Niels Kanstrup

  2. Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada

    Vernon G. Thomas

  3. Department of Wildlife Diseases, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, P.O. 601103, 10252, Berlin, Germany

    Oliver Krone

  4. Wildlife Department, Eberswalde-University, Schicklerstrasse 5, 16225, Eberswalde, Germany

    Carl Gremse

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Kanstrup, N., Thomas, V.G., Krone, O. et al. Response to “Consumption of wild-harvested meat from New Zealand feral animals provides a unique opportunity to study the health effects of lead exposure in hunters” by Buenz et al.. Ambio 45, 632–633 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0803-8

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