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Solomon Islands - Dead Fish Found Floating in Lagoon


Solomon Star News
Wed, 08 Jun 2011 04:50 UTC
Dead Fishes
© Solomon Star

People of central Marovo lagoon in the West have baffled over the sightings of dead fish floating in the lagoon since the weekend.

Reports reaching Solomon Star early this week said since Saturday there were schools of dead fish found floating inside the lagoon area.

A man from the area Lloyd Nonga said the sightings of the dead fish have caused panic amongst the villagers.

"Dead fish found here in Marovo lagoon for the last 3 days, since Saturday.

"There were dead fish floating in the sea which caused panic among local communities here in the central part of Marovo lagoon," he said.

Mr Nonga who informed this paper via email said the exact cause that led to the death of fish stock in the area is still unknown as of yesterday.

But he said locals have blamed a foreigner who is developing a tourism resort in the area.

"Locals are pointing figure to a foreigner who is married to a local Marovo woman and is developing an island on the edge of the lagoon for tourism," he said.
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Bizarro Earth

Fish 'Continuing' to Die in Large Numbers, Say Experts


Arab Times,
Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:31 UTC
Dead Fishes
© Arab Times

Kuwait City - Contrary to the claims of the Environment Public Authority (EPA), the Kuwait Society for Protection of Environment says fish are continuing to die in large numbers in the Arabian Gulf waters, reports Al-Mustaqbal daily.

The society made the statement after studying the satellite images of dead fish found floating in Kuwaiti territorial waters a few days ago.

Meanwhile, Kuwaiti expert and General Coordinator of the project on the impact of climate changes on Kuwaiti marine environment Dr Thamer Al-Rasheedi said test results showed a remarkable rise in temperature of sea waters compared to the previous years.

A large number of fish died in Kuwaiti waters recently due to decrease in oxygen levels in the water "and this is a natural process that occurs due to water current and high temperatures," Al-Seyassah daily quoted Deputy Director of Fish Resources Sector at the Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) Dr Haidar Murad as saying.
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US: Untold Thousands of Dead Worms Plague Ohio


Modern Survival Blog
Fri, 03 Jun 2011 05:03 UTC
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© Modern Survival Blog
From Louisville to Cincinnati to Dayton to Cleveland, beginning yesterday afternoon there have been thousands upon untold thousands of earthworms coming out of the ground which have subsequently 'fried' on the surface from the rays of the sun.

Some local mainstream media outlets are reporting that the cause of the earthworm die-off is from heavy rain or acidic soil. The problem is, some of the reported areas have been dry, and certainly not all of Ohio soil has suddenly become 'acidic'.

Another explanation is that it is mating season for earthworms (the Spring), when they often come out of the ground and get trapped on the concrete or hard surfaces, and eventually die from the sun's rays.

The thing is, I don't recall having heard of this kind of mass earthworm doom-and-gloom occurring on such a wide scale, and found it interesting given the fact that so many other animal die-off's have been reported during this past year.
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Bizarro Earth

Hundreds of Penguins and other species Wash Up On Uruguayan Shores


Kinetic Truth
Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:15 UTC
dead penguins
© Unknown

As many as 600 Magallan penguins have been found dead on Uruguayan coasts; scientists are investigating why so many penguins have died on their way to Brazilian waters.

Authorities said they also spotted turtles, several albatros, and dolphins, in addition to the large amount of penguins.

Scientists are baffled; though it is not unusual to have dead sea life in the area, as large boats do their maintenance in the vicinity, it is very unusual to have such large numbers, as well as the fact that no small animals have washed up ashore, only large animals.
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Canada: Two Killed in Bizarre Motorway Accident as Airborne 21Stone Black Bear Smashes Through Car Windscreen


The Daily Mail, UK
Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:47 UTC
A man and woman were killed in a bizarre motorway accident when an airborne 21stone black bear smashed through their windscreen and exited through the back window.

Their car was travelling east on Highway 148 just outside Quebec, Canada, at around 10.30pm on Monday night.

A vehicle travelling in the opposite direction hit the bear, sending it flying into the air across the other lane.

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© CTV
Bizarre accident: Two people were killed when an airborne bear smashed through the windscreen of a car on a motorway near Quebec in Canada

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© CTV
The bear lies dead at the side of the road after being struck by two cars
It was then struck by the second car, killing the 25-year-old female driver and her friend Steven Leon, 40, who was sat in the back seat.

The driver, a student dietitian who was due to graduate in September, has not been named at the request of her family.
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Georgia, US: Fish Mystery Might Go Unsolved

Orlando Montoya
GPB News
Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:10 UTC
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© Ogeechee Riverkeeper
Thousands of fish turned up dead on the Ogeechee River. What led them to become suceptible to a common bacteria is a mystery that environmental officials and river watchdogs are trying to solve.
Federal environmental regulators say, they might never know what led to a fish kill in the Ogeechee River. Orlando Montoya of W-S-V-H in Savannah reports, state officials now are discovering dead mussels.

A US Environmental Protection Agency memo released this week repeats what's already known about the kill -- that it was caused by a common bacteria.

But it then concludes, it might be impossible to know for certain what made the fish suceptible to the bacteria in the first place.

Fisheries manager Tim Barrett of the state Environmental Protection Division says, it's frustrating, but there are many factors.
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US: Scores of Protected Golden Eagles Dying After Colliding with Wind Turbines


The Daily Mail, UK
Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:11 UTC
California's attempts to switch to green energy have inadvertently put the survival of the state's golden eagles at risk.

Scores of the protected birds have been dying each year after colliding with the blades of about 5,000 wind turbines.

Now the drive for renewable power sources, such as wind and the sun, being promoted by President Obama and state Governor Jerry Brown has raised fears that the number of newborn golden eagles may not be able to keep pace with the number of turbine fatalities.
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© Alamy
Not eagle friendly: Scores of Golden Eagles have been dying each year after colliding with the blades of about 5,000 wind turbines
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Bizarro Earth

US: Earthworm Plague Sweeps Cincinnati, Ohio

WLWT.com
MSNBC
Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:27 UTC
dead earthworms + bird
© WLWT
People across the Tri-State awoke to an unusual sight Thursday - thousands of earthworms lying dead on sidewalks and porches.

WLWT was first alerted to the issue by Rick in West Chester.

"This appears to have started sometime yesterday afternoon, as I do not remember seeing them yesterday morning," Rick wrote.

Shortly after Rick's email, WLWT reporter Brian Hamrick began taking photos from his home in Florence, where thousands of worms coated the sidewalks of his neighborhood.

After one post on FB, more than 90 people said they had seen the same thing, from Fairfield, to Mount Airy, Pleasant Ridge, Independence and Sardinia. We even got confirmation from our sister TV station in Louisville that they had a few hundred dead worms on their sidewalk.
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Bacon

US: Officials Plan to Exterminate San Diego County's Wild Pigs

Ed Zieralski
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:01 UTC
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A study found that the rooting behavior of feral pigs in California reduces the number and size of oak tree seedlings.
When it comes to controlling the spread of feral pigs in San Diego County, the public hunting effort isn't doing the job.

That has led federal agencies to launch an ambitious program that will use cage traps, corral traps, federal hunters with guns and dogs and even shooting from helicopters to exterminate the area's population of wild swine. Officials see the pigs as a threat to fragile ecosystems and public health and safety. Environmentalists worry about the damage wild pigs will do to the county's sensitive habitat, much of it rebounding from Southern California's catastrophic wildfires of the last decade.

The U.S. Forest Service estimates there are 200 to 300 feral pigs in San Diego County. There's also a small sounder of pigs near the Riverside County border that likely was there prior to the release of pigs in late 2006 on the Capitan Grande Indian Reservation behind El Capitan Reservoir in the San Diego River bed. Hunters who spend a lot of time in the backcountry say the population is three to four times that now and it will be useless to try and eradicate them.

Still, the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management are developing a plan to eliminate as many feral pigs as possible, as soon as possible.
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Kazakhstan: Mysterious Mass Deaths of Endangered Antelopes Reported

Nancy Roberts
care2.com
Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:55 UTC
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© Unknown
Some 440 endangered saiga antelopes have been found dead in Kazakhstan in May this year; in Spring 2010 over 12,000 saigas died under similar, mysterious circumstances. A bacterial infection is thought to be the immediate cause of death, though underlying factors are not understood. Both incidents primarily affected females and their calves.

The saiga almost went extinct in the 20th century but recovered briefly. The World Wildlife Fund estimates there were over a million in the wild in the early 1990s, but they now number around 50,000 and are on the IUCN's critically endangered species list.
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