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Lightning strike kills 12 cows in Nigeria

Matthew Omonigho
Daily Post (Nigeria)
Sun, 02 May 2021 09:28 UTC
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Herdsmen on Sunday evening of May 2, ran away from Urhodo-Ovu community in Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State as thunder strike killed 12 of their cows.

The herdsmen and the cows were in their settlement when the incident occurred minutes after the heavy downpour, DAILY POST gathered.

Indigenes and residents of the community especially farmers were, however, happy over the incident.

At the time of filing this report, the 12 dead cows were still lying fallow on the ground.

The incident caused serious tension amongst the herdsmen as they quickly moved their belongings and ran away from the community for fear of being struck dead by the same thunder.
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Fish

Stingrays washed ashore at beach in Oman

Lakshmi Kothaneth
Oman Daily Observer
Mon, 03 May 2021 12:32 UTC
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Numerous stingrays and mackerels were found dead by morning walkers on Monday.

Out for an early morning walk, Maryam Khalfan was in for a shock as she and her family kept coming across stingrays and another fish one after the other.

"Interesting was the fact that they were far away from the water, so maybe it happened during the high tide," said Maryam and added, "The more I walked, the more fish I saw."

The majority of the fish were spotted opposite Masjid Fatma on Al Hail beach.
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Woman walking dogs found dead after apparent bear attack near Durango, Colorado

Robert Garrison
thedenverchannel.com
Sat, 01 May 2021 10:50 UTC
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A 39-year-old woman walking her dogs was found dead Friday night after an apparent bear attack, according to a Colorado Parks and Wildlife release.

The woman's body was found off U.S. Highway 550 near Trimble, north of Durango.

According to the La Plata County Sheriff's office, the woman's boyfriend said the victim went walking with her two dogs earlier Friday.

When the boyfriend returned home later in the evening, he found the two dogs but the woman was missing.

The boyfriend found the woman's body around 9:30 p.m. and called 911 to report the incident.

Wildlife officers responded and observed signs of consumption on the body and an abundance of bear scat and hair at the scene.

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Doberman

Young child dies after dog attack in Fort Worth, Texas


nbcdfw.com
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 12:34 UTC
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A young child died Friday night after being attacked by a dog at a home in Fort Worth.

Police were called to the 1400 block of Oak Grove Road just after 5 p.m.

Officers found a child under the age of five that had been attacked by the family dog in the backyard. They were taken to a nearby hospital, but later died.

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Fish

'Smelly, terrible sight': Thousands of dead fish found on Eastern Auckland coastline in New Zealand

Heath Moore
New Zealand Herald
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 13:21 UTC
Thousands of fish have been found dead along Auckland's Beachlands coastline, leaving a strong stench and worrying locals.
Thousands of fish have been found dead along Auckland's Beachlands coastline, leaving a strong stench and worrying locals.
Thousands of fish have been found dead along Auckland's Beachlands coastline, worrying locals as a strong stench lingers.

Mandy Reeves was going for a walk on Monday when she noticed a smell near the Pine Harbour marina.

But it wasn't until around 1pm on Tuesday when she discovered a sea of dead fish.

Reeves told the Herald there were thousands of the same type of fish dead in the water and on the rocks.

"There are thousands of them. On Monday there was a smell but no sign of fish. Tuesday I was down near the marina and I thought oh gosh what is that stuff?

"And the coastline was covered in white. There were thousands of them.

"They were white-silvery long fish. It's very smelly, it really stinks down there. But the water looks relatively clear."
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In Florida, a worrying uptick in manatee deaths in 2021 with 674 recorded from January to mid-April


RawStory
Wed, 28 Apr 2021 13:08 UTC
Baby manatee Lativa is recovering from severe exposure to brevetoxins, which affect the nervous system -- she is one of the lucky animals to survive a crisis affecting the gentle marine mammals in Florida
© AFPBaby manatee Lativa is recovering from severe exposure to brevetoxins, which affect the nervous system -- she is one of the lucky animals to survive a crisis affecting the gentle marine mammals in Florida
Baby manatee Lativa was so sick that her caregivers had to put a flotation device on her to allow her to come to the surface to breathe.

Others have not been so lucky: the gentle marine mammals are dying at an unprecedented rate in Florida, and there are not enough animal hospital "beds" to handle the crisis.

When two-year-old Lativa was rescued earlier this month, she was suffering from severe exposure to brevetoxins, potent neurotoxins produced by red tides or algae blooms that have contaminated some bodies of water in the US state.

"She was found beached and they never beach themselves... she was completely unresponsive," recounts Molly Lippincott, animal care manager for ZooTampa at Lowry Park.

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Two basking sharks wash up within days on coast of West Cork, Ireland

MacDara Conroy
AFLOAT
Tue, 27 Apr 2021 10:18 UTC
The shark at Harbour View
© Ciara McCarthyThe shark at Harbour View
The carcass of a second basking shark has washed up on the coast of West Cork just days after the discovery of an unusually fresh specimen 20km away.

According to Cork Beo, the second large fish was found at the weekend near Courtmacsherry and is believed to have been dead for some time.

Another basking shark carcass measuring a whopping seven metres that beached at Inchydoney last week presented a rare opportunity for marine biologists to examine relatively fresh remains.

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Swedish islanders warned to 'stay away from explosive whale'


The Local (Sweden)
Wed, 28 Apr 2021 09:47 UTC
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A small town on the Swedish island of Öland has issued a stark warning to locals and visitors not to come too close to a nearby beached humpback whale for fear it might explode.

On Wednesday morning, the municipality of Mörbylånga issued a public notice stating that it was "dangerous", and that it was issuing a "strong warning not to under any circumstances approach the whale cadaver".

"People are so interested that they are putting on waders and stomping around near the whale," Staffan Åsén, the town's environment chief, told Sweden's public broadcaster SVT.

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Endangered blue whale washes up on beach in Namibia


Geo News
Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:36 UTC
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The dead body of a rare, endangered species of a blue whale washed up on a beach in Namibia on Tuesday with lesions suggesting it collided with a ship, scientists said.

A whale-watcher first spotted the mammal on Monday, "floating upside down" off Namibia's port town of Walvis Bay, conservationist Simon Elwen told AFP.

The body drifted to shore on Tuesday morning, revealing a broken pectoral fin.

"The balance of evidence at the moment strongly suggests it was struck by a ship very close to the bay," Elwen said, noting the freshness of the animal´s skin suggested the incident took place near to land.

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Dogs kill 7-year-old girl and seriously injure her mother in Garner, North Carolina


abc11.com
Wed, 28 Apr 2021 09:27 UTC
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A 7-year-old girl died Tuesday night after dogs attacked her in Garner.

Garner Police Department said the attack happened on Roan Drive.

The dogs attacked the girl and her mother. They were both taken to WakeMed for treatment of serious injuries. The child did not survive her injuries. The mother remains hospitalized.

Wake County Animal Control seized the dogs and took them to a shelter.

An investigation into what happened is underway.

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