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Eider Ducks Dropping Like Flies in Norway

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Flock Of Birds Found Dead In Wilson County in Tennessee

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Add Middle Tennessee to the list of places where flocks of birds have shown up dead. Earlier in the week, birds were found dead in Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky and Texas. Now, more that 100 dead birds were recently found in Wilson County, causing the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency to investigate.  Read more.

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Millions of crickets die in North America

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A virus has killed millions of crickets raised to feed pet reptiles and those kept in zoos. The cricket paralysis virus has disrupted supplies to pet shops across North America as a handful of operators have seen millions of their insects killed.  Read more.

Mysterious Fish Kill Prompts Ban in Haiti

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Authorities in Haiti are trying to determine the cause of a fish kill in a lake that borders the Dominican Republic and, in the meantime, have banned consumption of fish from those waters.  Scores of fish have been found dead in Lake Azuei, specifically in areas of Fond Parisien and Malpasse, since Christmas Eve.  Read more.

 

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Dozens Of Dead Birds Found Near Sullivan, Missouri

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Dozens of dead birds are discovered near Sullivan, Missouri about an hour southwest of St. Louis. People in and around Sullivan are calling the whole thing a little weird. The scene is just east of Sullivan along the I-44 south service road at Winsel Creek. The Missouri Department of Conservation is looking into the situation.  See more here.

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The Latest Bizarre Mass Animal Death Finds 500 Dead Fish In Pond In Manchester

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Now 300 Dead Birds Fall From the Sky in Alabama

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Up to 300 dead birds have been found on the side of an Alabama highway in the latest mass animal death to be reported. The bodies of the birds, identified as grackles, were found strewn along the I-65 highway.  Grackles have also been found dead in their hundreds recently in Arkansas, Louisiana and Kentucky.  Read more.

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