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Hundreds of dead fish found along Chesapeake canal in Virginia

Stefania Okolie
wtkr.com
Sun, 15 Mar 2015 15:45 UTC
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Over the weekend hundreds of fish washed up along the shore around the Deep Creek section of Chesapeake.
Over the weekend hundreds of fish washed up along the shore around the Deep Creek section of Chesapeake.

Local fisherman that live along the Gilmerton Canal in Chesapeake contacted Newschannel 3 Sunday morning about the wash up.

The fish were found on the shore stretching from the canal into the Deep Creek waterway. Hundreds more were also seen floating.

It is not clear the exact type of the fish, but fishermen believe a majority of them are trout.
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Eagle

Michigan's bald eagles are the most contaminated birds in the world

Cheryl Santa Maria
theweathernetwork.com
Mon, 16 Mar 2015 22:44 UTC
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Bald eagle.
Monday, March 16, 2015, 4:57 PM - A study published last month in the Journal of Great Lakes Research suggests the livers of Michigan's bald eagles are severely contaminated with phased-out flame retardant chemicals, more so than any other bird on the planet.

While the area's bald eagle population is stable, the chemicals have been known to impair reproduction and disrupt hormones.

Manufacturers began using polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, in furniture, electronics and clothing in an effort to make household products safer. The chemicals were phased-out in the early 2000s, but traces can still be found in the air, dirt and in people.

Nil Basu, associate professor at McGill University and lead author of the study, told Environmental Health News that PDBEs "are everywhere".
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Wolf

7 dogs destroyed after suspected attack on teenager at Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia

Erin Parke
abc.net.au
Mon, 16 Mar 2015 18:16 UTC
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© Amanda BrownCamp dogs.
Seven dogs believed to have attacked and killed a Kimberley teenager have been destroyed.

The 18-year-old woman was found dead in the backyard of a house in Fitzroy Crossing on Saturday afternoon.

Senior Sergeant Andrew Stephens said that while she had been mauled by dogs, it was not clear whether that had caused her death.

"Unfortunately this young girl was found deceased, and she'd received injuries which were consistent with dog bite wounds, " he said.

"But at this stage the cause of her death has not been determined.

"She's been sent down to Perth now for a post-mortem and we're waiting for the results of that, but unfortunately it will take some time to determine how this girl died and what the circumstances were."
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Attention

Elephant kills mahout in India


Deccan Herald
Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:37 UTC
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Asian elephant
Gajendra, a fiery-tempered tusker which used to take part in Mysuru Dasara Utsav, on Sunday went berserk and killed its mahout at K Gudi Elephant Camp which falls under under Biligiri Ranganathaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve area in the district.

The incident occurred when the victim Ganapathi (50), a resident of Nagalapur in Hunasusu taluk, tried to cool down the flaring tempers of the tuskers Gajendra and Srirama. Gajendra attacked the mahout, who suffered serious injuries and bled to death after a while.

Ganapathi used to work as mahout at the elephant camp for the past two decades. His job was regularised only two years back.

Forest Conservator and Director of BRT S S Lingaraju visited the camp and reviewed the situation. Ramasamudra East police have registered a case and investigations are on.
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Cow

Carabao (water buffalo) runs for freedom from slaugherhouse, injures 3 in Quezon City, Philippines

Rima Granali
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:46 UTC
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© AFPAfter a trip from Naga City, the animal ends up as a “detainee” at the QCPD-Cubao station on Saturday.
A carabao's wild run for freedom from a Quezon City slaughterhouse wreaked terror in a commercial area early Saturday, forcing an evacuation at a call center and tossing furniture in the lobby of a small hotel.

Before it could be restrained, the water buffalo injured three people, including a butcher and a call center agent. At press time, the farm animal remained tethered and caged in a freight container outside a police station in Cubao, more than a kilometer from the abattoir, where its two-hour rampage ended.

Police said the animal, a three-year-old female weighing about half a ton and with potentially lethal 18-inch horns, escaped around 3 a.m. from the Mega Q-Mart slaughterhouse on Ermin Garcia Street in Barangay (village) E. Rodriguez, after it was unloaded from a truck carrying livestock from Naga City.

"Maybe the smell of blood made it run wild," Dante Floresca, one of the workers who delivered the animals, said in an Inquirer interview.
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Wolf

Woman killed by pack of wild dogs on Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota


keloland.com
Sat, 14 Mar 2015 18:22 UTC
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© Rolling StoneFeral dogs.
A woman in the Lower Swift Bear Community on the Rosebud Reservation has been killed after being attacked by a pack of wild dogs.

The Mellette County Sheriff responded just before 6:30 Saturday morning. He reports that when he arrived, multiple dogs were still on the scene surrounding 49-year-old Julia Charging Whirlwind. The sheriff shot and killed two of the dogs so emergency crews could reach her.

Charging Whirlwind was taken by ambulance to a Rosebud Hospital, where she later died.

The Mellette County Sheriff also said that there have been multiple reports of wild dog attacks in recent weeks.

Comment: Other recent dog pack attacks in America: Man found dead near New Mexico reservation may have been attacked by dog pack

Pack of dogs kills 8-year-old girl on Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

Man likely to have died from a dog pack attack in Madison, North Carolina

Feral dog pack found to have killed woman on Wyoming Indian reservation

Denison, Texas woman attacked and severely injured by dog pack

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Info

Biocide! 2.9 million whales slaughtered in 100 years

Kevin Heath
wildlifenews.co.uk
Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:47 UTC
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Whales slaughtered.
The first estimate of the number of whales killed during the 2oth century is set to be published in the next edition of Marine Fisheries Review. Researchers hunted through the records and found that between 1900 and 1999 a total of 2.9 million whales were killed.

The scale of modern industrial whaling that took hold in the early and mid 1900's is astonishing. The researchers, Robert C. Rocha, Jr., Phillip J. Clapham, and Yulia Ivashchenko , found that between 1900 and 1962 the number of sperm whales killed equalled the total estimated to have been killed over the previous 200 years.

But the height of the whaling industry was only just beginning. In the following 10 years between 1962 and 1972 the industry managed to repeat the scale of killing.

The researchers estimated that between 1712 and 1899 whaler in small sailing boats managed to kill 300,000 sperm whales. Modern techniques and improved shipping meant whalers killed 300,000 sperm whales between 1900 and 1962. Then the big factory ships were launched and in just 10 years another 300,000 sperm whales were caught.

By the time the International Whaling Commission had effectively banned whaling in 1982 they estimate that at least 2,870,291 had been killed since the start of the century.
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Wolf

Wolf seen prowling the streets of Kolham, Netherlands

Liam Corcoran
Daily Mirror, UK
Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:18 UTC
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© SWNS Wolves have not been seen in the area for more than 150 years
A bizarre video has emerged in the Netherlands of a lone wolf stalking a city suburb as it hunted for its next meal.

The huge grey wolf was filmed running along a residential street in the northern city of Kolham, which is normally packed with children and family pets.

The 22 second video shows the wolf strutting along the road for around 30 metres, stopping from time to time to look into gardens before continuing on its way.

Although running at a brisk pace, witnesses say that it did not seem dangerous and was possibly looking for a new home.


Comment: See also: Wolf found in Netherlands for the first time in over 140 years

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Bacon

Bird of prey seen tucking into donner kebab in Manchester city centre

Pete Bainbridge
Manchester Evening News
Fri, 13 Mar 2015 10:33 UTC
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The bird of prey was pictured by a GMP officer
A bird of prey has been spotted eating a donner kebab in Manchester city centre.

The hungry hawk-like animal was photographed on a brick ledge in the Gay Village tucking into a sliver of grilled lamb on Friday lunchtime.

GMP City Centre tweeted an image of the bird and added: "An eagle-eyed cop saw a bird of prey in the Village. Bird was enjoying a lunch of donner meat. Yum!"
An eagle-eyed cop saw a bird of prey in the Village. Bird was enjoying a lunch of donner meat. Yum! pic.twitter.com/AlLALTK9SJ
— GMP City Centre (@GMPCityCentre) March 13, 2015
If you saw the bird and have more photographs, contact us on 0161 2112323 or email website@men-news.co.uk.

It comes in the same week a kestrel was spotted eating a pie at Shudehill bus station.

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Kestrel eating a pie
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Arrow Down

200 reindeer killed by avalanche in Trollheimen, Norway

Jan Arve Ødegård
www.tk.no
Fri, 13 Feb 2015 20:03 UTC
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Reindeer killed by avalanche
An animal tragedy in the Oppdals part of Trollheimen, specifically in the area south of Storhornet, was discovered Wednesday afternoon.

Two local residents, Day Jørund Vik and John Bjorndal, wanted to see the extent of the landslide and took a trip inland to the area the same day.

We had heard about it being exceptional and wondered how big it was. We discovered that the animals had been taken and notified the reindeer owner, says Vik Adresseavisen.

The animal tragedy was also featured by a number of other media including local newspapers Opdalingen, Up and NRK Sor-Trondelag.
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