Mysterious bird deaths in Falkirk (Sweden)

About 40 dead birds covered the ground last night in an intersection.
- It was a horrid sight, says a local resident who discovered the birds on their evening walk.

Bird Death in Falkirk was late in the night remains a mystery. The police did not know what the mass death could be due.
- We have received an alarm if more than 40 dead birds in a small space, says Johan Ljungberg, duty officer in Västra Götaland.
He adds:
- It's weird. But it may have a natural explanation. It may for example be that someone has shot the birds.
Attracted attention
Both emergency and the county administrative board is connected to the case.
Late last night brought the dead birds much attention among the residents.
- There were many people who stopped and talked about what it could be. Someone said that a car hit them, said one of the residents.
- I felt sick to stand there and see all those birds. It was actually very scary, says eyewitness.
Mass death in the U.S.
United States, two cases of mysterious mass deaths of birds reported recently.
In Arkansas died several thousand birds of unclear reason New Year's Eve and to ascertain whether they may have unstressed to death of fireworks. According to TT, one further case reported yesterday - 500 dead birds have been found on the ground in Louisiana.
A veterinarian was on the morning on the way to study the birds in place. county vet Robert ter Horst does not want to speculate on what may have caused bird death.
- We can work calmly and methodically, he says.
Can be weakened
According to Anders Wirdheim of the Swedish Ornithological Society (SOF) has jackdaws probably been frightened in the middle of the night and then flew around in the dark and collided with different objects.
- Jackdaws sleep in trees in large flocks. They become frightened, hundreds of birds take wing at once, he says.
Even in the U.S., it has been a matter of species that spend the night together in large groups - redwinged blackbirds,swallows and common starlings. But Anders Wirdheim out that it is not impossible that the situation can be aggravated by the fact that birds are weakened.
- This winter has been unusually tough and jackdaws may have been in poor condition. Then it is easier to fly into different objects. It's damn little food in the wild compared to previous years and I see myself dying birds every day.

FROM SWEDISH NEWSPAPER "EXPRESSEN"

One Hundred Tons of Dead Fish Wash Ashore in Brazil, Is It Related to Arkansas Dead Birds?

Published at 12:16 pm, January 5, 2011

Brazil is the first Latin American country to be hit by the bizarre wave of mass animal deaths in the world. Reports by the Federation of Fishermen of Paraná, Paranaguá indicate that at least one hundred tons of fish (sardine, croaker and catfish) have turned up dead since last Thursday, off the coast of Paraná.

On Sunday, representatives from the Environmental Institute of Paraná (IAP), the Secretary of State for the Environment and Water Resources (SEMA), took samples to try to figure out what might be killing the fish in such a large scale. A report will be released later today. No one has made a connection to these animals death and the thousands of dead birds in Arkansas.

Between Paranaguá and Guaraqueçaba regions, an estimate of 2,800 fishermen depend on the daily seafood.

"On Thursday we began to realize there were lots of dead fish. Only one community came to bury 15 tons. We are experiencing a very sad situation on the coast, " said a local.

The city of Paranagua issued a press release warning that as a precaution, the sale of seafood will be temporarily suspended in the region.

"It is not forbidden, but we have oriented people to not purchase or consume these products to avoid any problems. There is no indication that someone has gone bad, " said Captain Edson Olifeira Avila, the regional coordinator of Civil Defense in the Paraná region.

New Zealand, the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, Spruce Creek in Florida, and places in Maryland have reported hundreds of death fish washing up in shores. Dr. Mike, a reader at BlogPost.com, writes that dead fish have also been floating up on the Haiti/Dominican border, Sydney, and Wales.

Additionally, Sweden has reported hundreds of dead birds suddenly peppering the ground of the city of Falkoeping,

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