A MYSTERIOUS epidemic is killing pigs in south-eastern China, but international and Hong Kong authorities say Chinese officials are providing little information about it or a contaminated wheat gluten that has caused death and illness in animals.
The lack of even basic details is reviving longstanding questions about whether China is willing to share information about health and food safety issues with potentially global implications.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/alarm-at-mysterious-pig-deaths-in-china/2007/05/08/1178390306836.htmlMysterious mass fish deaths in Sakarya River
Fish in the Sakarya River of Turkey’s Marmara region are dying en masse from an as-yet-undetermined cause.
The problem appears to have first been noticed near the sand pits of Boğaz village. Locals, concerned at the sight of hundreds of dead fish floating downstream, have demanded that officials locate the source of the problem at once
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=110537more Fish
http://www.livescience.com/animals/070508_ap_hatchery_outbreak.htmlAmphibians
http://www.livescience.com/animals/amphibians_decline_041014.htmlFlamingos
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/313/5794/1724Cows died from poisoned feed
http://savrx.pcpcorp.net/cows/Bees
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/lost-bees-a-mystery-to-scientists/2007/04/24/1177180648274.htmlCattle
http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2006/coke_effluents_connected_to_ca_1.htmlMorning Edition, November 15, 2004 · Diseases often jump from animals to humans, such as the West Nile virus or AIDS. But scientists now believe wild animals are increasingly dying from human diseases. Hear NPR's John Nielsen.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4169959Tasmanian devil epidemic of cancers
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/03/0329_050329_tasmandevil.htmlDead Birds in downtown Austin today
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2778425http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2007/s1824743.htmGm cotton kills sheep
so of course it kills bees too.
http://www.psrast.org/btkillssheep.htmhttp://www.healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=8389This is just scary
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056759.htmhttp://www.semionline.it/sementi-rurali/mass-deaths-in-sheep-grazing-on-bt-cottonIt is sad to think how fast this world is dying before us.