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Lightning kills over 100 animals belonging to nomads in Kashmir


The Kashmir Walla
Tue, 05 May 2020 14:04 UTC
dead animals
A few nomadic families of Bakerwal community, en route seasonal migration towards hilly areas, suffered a major loss on Tuesday after more than a hundred sheep and goats were killed in the lightning and thunderstorms in a village of Rajouri.

Officials told that three nomadic families from Kalakote Tehsil were on their seasonal move; they were spending the night under an open sky in Potha village of Rajouri when the lightning and thunderstorms struck about 2 AM in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.

"More than one hundred goat and sheep were killed in the incident triggering loss of lakhs for the poor families." they said.

Police have registered a case in Kalakote police station.

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Oslo Fjord ailing as birds die, fish gone


NewsinEnglish.no
Mon, 04 May 2020 20:26 UTC
Eiders down
Eiders down
Something is seriously wrong with the Oslo Fjord and no one seems to fully understand why. Both fish and mussels have been disappearing, while the fjord's characteristic seabirds known as ærfugl (common eider) have been found dead from Agder in the south to Østfold farther north.

Newspaper Dagsavisen has reported that the dead birds are believed to have simply starved to death. Experts conclude that only one thing is certain: the Oslo Fjord's ecosystem has come under severe pressure despite massive efforts to clean up sewage and industrial pollution for decades.

Around 240 dead birds had been found as of mid-April. On Sunday, Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported that around 400 have now been found lifeless along the shoreline. Per Espen Fjeld of the conservation agency Statens naturoppsyn (SNO) told Dagsavisen a month ago that he fears the real number is several thousand.

They've lost major sources of their food, he noted, not least the mussels called blåskjell in Norwegian that once flourished along the fjord and are also widely viewed as a delicacy for human consumption. Fjeld noted that cod, while plentiful in waters off Northern Norway, has also disappeared along with other popular white fish like sei, lyr and hvitting (all similar to pollack).
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Dead gray whale washes ashore near Ventura, California

Tracy Lehr
keyt.com
Sat, 02 May 2020 18:55 UTC
Dead gray whale
The dead gray whale
The remains of a large gray whale washed ashore on a stretch of beach between Emma Wood and Solimar in Ventura County.

Birds perched on top of the whale for much of the day.

The gray whale is large enough to see from the roadway.

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Woman dies in alligator attack at South Carolina pond - third such incident for the state in past 4 years

Alicia Victoria Lozano and The Associated Press
NBC News
Sun, 03 May 2020 11:15 UTC
Alligator
© Getty
Deputies in South Carolina shot and killed an alligator that fatally attacked a woman on Friday, authorities said.

The officers were called to a pond on Kiawah Island around 5 p.m. and saw the animal attack, the Charleston County Sheriff's Office said. The woman was already dead.

A sheriff's deputy shot and killed the alligator and then retrieved its carcass to help in the ongoing investigation.
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Asia's 'murder hornet' found in US for first time

Paula Froelich
New York Times
Sat, 02 May 2020 21:11 UTC
Asian giant hornet
© ShutterstockAn Asian giant hornet

Enough already.

Now, deadly hornets from Asia that measure up to 2 inches long have been found for the first time in the US — and researchers are worried they're colonizing.

The aggressive insects, nicknamed "murder hornets," can wipe out bee colonies within hours and have stingers long and powerful enough to puncture beekeeping suits.

Beekeepers in Washington have already seen the hornets devastate their hives; Japan attributes 50 human deaths a year to the nasty buzzers, which have "teardrop eyes like Spider-Man, orange and black stripes that extend down its body like a tiger, and broad, wispy wings like a small dragonfly," according to the New York Times.

Researchers are determined to keep the hornets in check.

"This is our window to keep it from establishing," Washington state entomologist Chris Looney told the Times. "If we can't do it in the next couple of years, it probably can't be done."
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Signs and Portents: Virginia museum introduces newest addition - baby two-headed turtle

Elizabeth Tyree
wset.com
Fri, 01 May 2020 13:35 UTC
2 heads
The Virginia Living Museum has introduced a new addition, a baby two-headed turtle.

In a Facebok Live Friday, the museum featured the two-headed turtle with some information about it (them?).

Employees said the turtle was found by a resident in Williamsburg.

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Signs and Portents: Two-headed piglet born with two noses, three eyes spooks farmer in Assam, India

Tahir Ibn Manzoor
Gulf News
Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:23 UTC
As soon as the news spread, villagers streamed to Inghi’s house to have a glimpse of the piglet.
As soon as the news spread, villagers streamed to Inghi’s house to have a glimpse of the piglet.
Honsing Inghi, a farmer in Menmiji Mukhim village in Assam's West Karbi Anglong district, got the fright of his life recently when he saw one of the pigs at his farm give birth to seven piglets, as one of these was a two-headed one with three eyes. The animal became the centre of attraction for the entire rural community.

The malformed piglet has two heads with two noses and as many as three eyes.

Inghi, who has been rearing pigs for over five years, said he was spooked.

"I was there when a cloven-hoved piglet popped out, which left all my family members shell-shocked. The piglet requires constant care, which we are giving by using baby formula to strengthen his weak legs," Inghi said.

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Stray dogs maul four-year-old to death in Andhra Pradesh, India

Thanmay Arun
Times of India
Sat, 02 May 2020 13:11 UTC
dog attack
A four-year-old girl was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs near her house at Pinnelli village in Machavaram mandal of Guntur district on Friday.

The deceased was identified as Sheikh Safura. According to Machavaram police sub-inspector Lakshmi Narayana, the incident happened at around 7 in the morning when Safura was playing outside her house.

Suddenly, a pack of stray dogs attacked her. By the time locals took note of the incident and chased the dogs away, Safura was bleeding profusely from her neck and hands. She succumbed to her injuries soon after.

Police said at least four dogs attacked the girl. Residents said there has been several incidents in the past where dogs have attacked people and children .
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Cow

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: How many collapses can be on the horizon


Adapt 2030
Fri, 01 May 2020 20:04 UTC
Beef prices rise
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
Looking at the horizon of life, protein shortages in both beef and pork send prices to record levels, precious metals fetching premiums well over spot price and Scotia Bank in the metals business since 1684 closes and RippleNet central bank digital currency in play. Should I even mention wheat planting in the USA at 1909 levels?


Comment: COVID-19 lockdown = Auto-genocide? Food shortages likely as US farmers dump MOUNTAINS and LAKES of food

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Thousands of fish wash up on beach in Acapulco, Mexico


Sputnik
Sat, 25 Apr 2020 12:00 UTC
fish mass
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Mother Nature is continuing to present us with "surprises" this year. While Africa suffers with enormous swarms of locusts, several incidents of mass fish stranding have occurred in various parts of the world, with the latest one happening in Mexico.

Thousands of fish have washed up alive on a beach in Acapulco, Mexico prompting crowds of local residents and fishermen to violate the coronavirus lockdown. People flocked to the beach in the south-western state of Guerrero with empty buckets to collect the fish, which according to local media reports belong to a species of mackerel. A similar incident was witnessed in Venezuela.

An official has denied rumours spread by locals that the incident was caused by the absence of people and fishermen due to the coronavirus lockdown. Sabas Arturo de la Rosa Camacho said that he believes the fish approached the shore while hunting for sardines.

Comment: See also: Thousands of seabirds wash up on north-east beaches of Scotland

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