Showing posts with label Animal Deaths. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Animal Deaths. Show all posts

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Now it's 200 dead cows

It's been raining dead birds, washed up dead fish, and now it's 200 dead cows in a pasture in Stockton, Wisconsin.
The owner of the cattle said he suspects the cows died from a virus, like IBR (infectious bovine rhinotracheitis) or BVD (bovine virus diarrhea), which can cause respiratory and reproductive problems.

Samples of the dead animals are going to be tested, but without really knowing what caused the deaths, officials said other animals and people in the area will likely not be affected by whatever killed the cows.

The death of the cows is just the latest of more dead animals dying in the United States and throughout the world.
People started paying attention to the mass animal deaths New Year's Eve, when thousands of black birds fell from the sky in Arkansas
Many of our readers and elsewhere point the cause of death from everything, including mass poisoning, all the way to apocalypse.

Officials who seem to be all knowing say the bird deaths were probably a result of a change weather conditions.
"Not to worry," Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson, "These are not portents that the world is about to come to an end."

So, everything is under control according to E.O. Wilson.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Now we have more than 40,000 crabs dead, on England beaches

We really are losing track of all this...
First, we have birds falling from the sky, then thousands upon thousands of dead fish washing up on shore.

Now we have more than 40,000 Velvet swimming crabs dead on England beaches.

The shoreline is trashed with the dead crabs, dead starfish, lobsters, sponges and anemones.
The possible reason this sudden outbreak of death? Hypothermia is a possibility.
The crabs enjoy warm seas, but when a winter like this one blankets the beaches, they just can’t handle the freezing temperatures.

Similar crab deaths happened in the same place two years and five years ago.

This started with the snow that blasted Europe shortly before Christmas.

Some of the local experts are researching the dead crabs, but nothing can be done to prevent the massive number of deaths.

On Wednesday, 50 jackdaw birds were found dead on a street in Stockholm, Sweden.

A veterinarian investigating the incident said the cause of death is unknown but it may have been the fireworks that went off that night causing their demise.

So, maybe it was the shock from the fireworks and perhaps the cold weather and difficulty finding food as possible reasons for the deaths.

These recent animal deaths join the thousands of others in the last week in the United States.

On Tuesday, 450 birds plummeted to their deaths in Louisiana for apparently no reason.

On New Year’s Eve, more than 3,000 red-winged blackbirds inexplicably fell from the skies in Arkansas.

Wildlife experts just west of where the blackbirds were found are still trying to figure out why 100,000 drum fish washed up on the shores of the Arkansas River.

A pollutant would have affected all fish, not just the one species, so investigators suspect the fish were stricken by an illness.

Here's a map to guide you: DEATH MAP

While we're at it, did you hear about  Victoria's Goldstream Provincial Park and the Goldstream River turning bright green late Wednesday afternoon.
The fluorescent green appeared on the Victoria side of the entrance to the park where salmon runs, eagles fly and other wildlife live.


After an hour, the river was back to its normal self.
Ministry of Environment teams were immediately sent to the area to investigate and members of Langford Fire Department collected samples for analysis.

At least this time no dead fish or animals have been discovered.

Earlier in the day a fountain beside Veterans Memorial Parkway in Langford also turned bright green.


Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Brazil's 100 Tons of Dead Fish

Right on the heels of the dead birds falling from the sky and dead fish covering 20-miles of the Arkansas River, we now have at least 100 tons of fish.
100 tons of Sardines, croaker and catfish have turned up dead since last Thursday off the coast of Brazil.
It goes without saying that between ParanaguƔ and GuaraqueƧaba fishermen depend on the daily seafood and we are talking about nearly 3000 fishermen.
Once again the suspicion is that fish may have died due to an environmental imbalance, but whatever the reason the city of Paranagua said the sale of seafood is temporarily suspended in the region.

It's difficult to keep up with all this death, but here's a list to help you follow along:

Kentucky
QTY = 100
Type: Small Birds (not Stated)
Suspected Cause Cold Stress
Actual Cause : Unknown
link to www.wpsdlocal6.com

Louisiana
QTY = 500
Type: Starlings and Blackbirds
Suspected Cause : Weather
Actual: Unknown
Links:link to theintelhub.com
link to www.wbrz.com

Arkansas
QTY = 5000
Type: Blackbird, Starling, Grackle
Suspected Cause : weather/fireworks
Actual Cause : Unknown
Links:
link to www.eturbonews.com
link to www.theglobeandmail.com

Arizona
QTY = 65
Type: Bats
Suspected cause : Weather
Actual Cause : Unknown
link to www.azcentral.com

Japan
QTY = 30
Type: Various (Mainly Swan/Heron)
Suspected Cause : Bird Flu
Actual: Unknown
Links :
link to www.upi.com

[link to www.nytimes.com]



DEAD FISH

Arkansas
QTY =100,000
Type: Drum
Suspected Cause
Actual Cause Unknown
Links:
link to www.todaysthv.com

Maryland
QTY =10,000
Type: Menhayden, spots and croakers/various
Suspected Cause Cold Stress
Actual Cause : Unknown
Links:
link to www.wbaltv.com

South Wales (UK)
QTY = 100's
Type: Various Carp/Bream/Other
Suspected Cause Cold Weather
Actual Cause Unknown
Links:
[link to www.bymnews.com]


Brazil
QTY = Millions (100 tons)
Type: Sardines
Suspected cause :Unknown
Actual Cause : Unknown
Links:
link to freerepublic.com
link to www.parana-online.com.br

Italy (Scarlino)
QTY = 100,000s
Type: Clams/Small fish/Shellfish/Crabs/Flatfish
Suspected Cause : Pollution
Actual Cause : Unknown
Links :
link to corrierefiorentino.corriere.it

New Zealand
Type: Snapper
link to www.nzherald.co.nz