MERVILLE, B.C- Four eagles have died in northern Vancouver Island communities in recent days.

According to Kiersten Shyian, an animal care tech with MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre, the first confirmed lead poisoning death was on Hornby Island. Three more eagles are suspected to have died due to the same cause.

Those three other cases were in Gold River, Black Creek, and Quadra Island, with the Quadra death reported on Tuesday.

Testing will be done on the three carcasses in the near future, in order to get the exact cause of death.

Meanwhile, six eagles down in the South Island are recovering after being affected by an unknown poison.

Isaac King, of the Raptor Rescue Society, says the birds…