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Hundreds of Dead Fish Pop Up in Millers Pond, New York

03/19/2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

“Elmira, N.Y. — Hundreds of dead fish have floated to the surface in one Elmira pond.

The dead fish on Millers pond were first spotted yesterday.

Officials say the cause of death is winterkill.

The DEC says winterkill happens when ice and snow prevent sunlight from entering the pond.

It prevents aquatic plants from producing oxygen, which kills the fish.

But some neighbors aren’t convinced. Kerri Munley of Parkway Drive says, ‘To me it’s not something that seems right but with everything happening around the world, we got fish dying and birds dropping out of the sky, who knows what it is.'”  Read more.

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