Category Animal Deaths

13 Whales Stranded, 5 Dead, 8 To Be Killed In Farewell Spit, New Zealand EIGHT whales stranded off the northern tip of New Zealand’s South Island will be euthanised after attempts over two day to refloat them proved unsuccessful. The…

Thousands Of Fish Have Died ‘Due To Cold’ In Olentangy River, Ohio, America Wildlife biologists investigated the Olentangy River Tuesday after reports of a mass fish death. Hundreds of seagulls feasted Tuesday on small dead fish floating just below the…

Tons Of Fish Found Dead, ‘Worst Fish Kill Ever’ In A River In Mindanao, Philippines NITRITE ammonia was found in the three water sampling that the Regional Health Fish Laboratory of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in…

Massive Fish Die Off Due To Sea Freezing So Fast In Lovund, Norway Norwegian public radio (Google-translated) reports on the instant dead of thousands of fish in a bay in the island of Lovund, Norway. An air temperature of -7.8C…

50,000 Birds Killed Due To Avian Flu In Hubei, China Information received on 13/01/2014 from Dr Zhang Zhongqui, Director General , China Animal Disease Control Centre, Veterinary Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, China (People’s Rep. of)

600,000 Oysters Dead Due To ‘Mystery Disease’ In Port Stephens, Australia BIOSECURITY experts are scrambling to identify a mystery disease that has decimated Port Stephens’ multimillion-dollar Pacific oyster crops and sent several growers to the wall. There are fears the…

Thousands Of Various Fish Found Dead In A River In Sao Paulo, Brazil Two days after announcing the revitalization of minipantanal, one of the main attractions of Paulinia, the City recorded early on Friday (10), the death of thousands of…

Hundreds Of Bass Found Dead In A River ‘Due To Cold’ In Connecticut, America It appears as if humans weren’t the only ones badly stressed by the recent cold snap. Hundreds of striped bass were found dead this week in…

A Large Number Of Parrots, Kangaroos And Emus Found Dead ‘Due To Heatwave’ In Australia While the US is stricken by freezing cold, Australia is suffering a record heat with temperatures approaching 50C (122F) in some parts of the country…

10,000 Birds Killed Due To Avian Flu In Bac Ninh, Vietnam Information received on 10/01/2014 from Dr Dong Pham Van, Director General, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hanoï, Vietnam