As for animals ingesting lead from shot game; try this little experiment. Drop one number 6 lead shot pellet in you dog's dinner dish among the food and I bet that ten to one it will be left rolling around the bottom of a cleanly licked bowl. How they do it I don't know. I've found this if I have ever fed them any shot rabbits. Always if there are any shot present they are left behind. Lagopus.....