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Over 200 dead dolphins found in Peru.
Laura:
This is getting to be terrible. Dolphins, whales, turtles, polar bears, seals, fish and birds of all kinds. Do those madmen running things not realize that what kills our co-inhabitants of this planet can kill all people too?
Geezus, just imagine a few psychopaths on an island: they would destroy everything and blame fate for starving to death.
treesparrow:
150 dead dolphins found over the last few weeks off Crimea coast. Google translation -
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&ie=UTF-8&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpodrobnosti.ua%2Fpodrobnosti%2F2012%2F05%2F16%2F836835.html
With video footage.
lake_george:
Possible causes for these deaths may include, but are not limited to:
Water from Fukushima - contaminated with radiation, even just water from the tsunami runoff contaminated with 'just regular' poisons;
then there is the Corexit and other poisons 'sprayed' to disperse (hide!) oil from oil spills, and also the oil from the oil spills! but the Corexit is far more deadly - and there are kinds of bacteria that will eat the oil - go figure why they need to spray the Corexit - it HIDES the oil at the seafloor so they don't have to clean it up;
then there is the underwater >noise< created by submarines and other various source for 'military purposes' and perhaps also the noise from that is part of the process of exploring for more oil;
then there is that big floating island of plastic garbage in the Pacific;
then there is that the larger animals can't help but be starved anyway as the food chain is being poisoned from the bottom up by this radiation from Fukushima in the air and water, + the other culprits listed above.
treesparrow:
Number of dead cetacians now up to 300 in the Black Sea and Crimea region :(
--- Quote ---Black Sea Ecologists Alarmed By Dolphin Die-Off
Hardly a day goes by in Sochi, Russia's picturesque Black Sea resort, without a dead dolphin washing up on the beach.
With the tourist season just kicking off, the unexplained deaths have yet to draw much scrutiny.
But environmentalists are increasingly alarmed. The dolphin carcasses are also turning into a real holiday spoiler for vacationers drawn to the region's scenic beaches and pristine vistas.
Russian tourist Aida Kobzh was shocked to discover a group of dead dolphins last week at her local beach in Sochi.
"Everyone stood there and stared at the dead little dolphins lying belly up. Poor creatures!" Kobzh says. "There were some on the beach but also in the water, they were floating there, dead."
Little Official Interest
The dolphins started washing up along Russia's Black Sea coast several weeks ago. They have also been spotted on Ukrainian shores.
Environmentalists are now talking about the biggest dolphin die-off to date in the region, with an estimated 300 animals dead so far.
Local authorities have made no serious attempt to investigate the deaths, saying the animals are too decayed by the time they reach the shore for laboratory tests to be conducted.
Officials have blamed poachers and fishing nets. They say the unusually cold winter has driven dolphins from the Sea of Azov to the warmer Black Sea.
Some experts, like local zoologist Konstantin Andramonov, point to a possible killer virus.
"The death toll is constantly growing, unfortunately," Andramonov says. "We are now witnessing the same in Ukraine. There is a hypothesis that we are dealing with an infectious disease that occurs roughly every 20 years."
Ecosystem In Danger
Most experts, however, believe the real culprit is ever-increasing pollution in the Black Sea region.
Valery Brinikh, who works for the prominent environmental group Ecological Watch, says the scale of the dolphin deaths belies official accounts faulting poachers and fishing nets.
"This happens every year in Sochi -- sometimes there are more deaths, sometimes fewer," Brinikh says. "But the scale this time suggests unnatural causes, probably sea pollution or a loss of orientation of the dolphins, which can also be linked to pollution."
Environmentalists say pollution levels have risen dramatically around Sochi since the city was selected to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
They have long warned that unbridled construction is inflicting irreparable ecological damage to Sochi's unique ecosystem.
Olga Noskovets, a local ecologist, suspects that the authorities are perfectly aware it is pollution that is killing the dolphins.
She says pollution levels are highest in areas close to the Olympic construction sites that dot Sochi and its outskirts.
Black-And-Blue Sea
According to Noskovets, the most affected area is Sochi's Lazarevsky district, where tourist Aida Kobzh recently spotted the dead dolphins.
"The biggest hazard is posed by a river that runs through the Lazarevsky district, an area with a high concentration of sanatoriums, including for children," says Noskovets. "The infamous Olympic dump lies nearby, and it has no waste-treatment system. This small mountain stream, which used to have fish, is now cloudy, brown and foamy. It collects waste and carries it to beaches that once counted among the most beautiful in the area."
Noskovets says the dolphin die-off should act as a wake-up call. She says the authorities must urgently sound the alarm and warn visitors about the health hazards of bathing on certain Black Sea beaches before the tourist season reaches its peak.
"If sea creatures that are adapted to life in the sea react this way, what will the consequences be for humans?" Noskovets says. "Every year, numerous people suffer poisoning incidents after bathing in the sea, and these are always blamed on food poisoning. It is a nasty lie from our authorities, who are afraid of telling the truth -- that the Black Sea is simply being poisoned."
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http://www.rferl.org/content/black-sea-ecologists-alarmed-by-dolphin-deaths/24591773.html
treesparrow:
The world wide mass deaths of animal and birds does seem relentless at the moment. Up next homo sapiens?
--- Quote ---Animapocalypse Continues in Peru - Dolphins, Fish, Pelicans Found Dead
It would seem the animapocalypse in Peru has continued into 2013.
Throughout January various animals have been washing up along the shores of Peru’s northern coast.
According to the Sea Institute of Peru 12 dolphins, 35 sea lions, and 13 pelicans have been found dead along the shores of San Jose, Lambayeque.
It appears that many of the dolphins found had died several weeks prior to their discovery, but the government says it have confirmed all the animals died from natural causes.
The pelicans specifically, appeared to have died from starvation, as the anchovy population has dropped significantly due to the increase in water temperature.
In 2012, the Peruvian government also claimed “natural causes” were responsible for the deaths of about 900 dolphins that had washed up on its shores. In May, Peruvian authorities said warm waters off its coast were to blame for the deaths of more than 5,000 marine birds.
Conservationists not within the government however, have continued to question the government’s reasoning, saying “natural causes” does not explain everything.
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_http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/latino-daily-news/details/animapocalypse-continues-in-peru-dolphins-fish-pelicans-found-dead/21287/
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