Timeline of recent mysterious bird, fish deaths

(NaturalNews) The recent mysterious deaths of birds and fish are causing alarm among naturalists around the world. Birds are literally falling dead out of the sky, and fish are washing up dead on shores and rivers across North America and around the world. The reaction from the mainstream media seems strangely subdued, as if they’re all just blowing this off as some unexplained quirk about the natural world that should be largely ignored. NaturalNews readers think differently. We are concerned when thousands of dead birds fall out of the sky for no apparent reason. The sky itself may not be falling, but previously live animals are clearly falling out of it. If that’s not enough reason to wonder what the heck is happening to our planet, then what is? These are clear signs that something is wrong. Red flags from nature, if you will. Here’s the timeline of recent deaths that have been reported: 12.13.10 – Thousands of dead barramundi fish wash up in Australia, unknown causes (http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/story/2010/12/13/barramundi-found-dead-after-flood/) 12.15.10 – Thousands of dead fish wash ashore on Florida beach, blamed on cold weather (http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2010/december/183768/Dead-fish-turn-up-in-Cocoa) 12.17.10 – Dead fish wash ashore at lake beach in Indiana, blamed on winter storms (http://www.wndu.com/localnews/headlines/Dead_fish_wash_up_on_Washington_Park_beach_112105654.html) 12.18.10 – Thousands of dead fish turn up in bay in Philippines, unknown causes (http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view/20101218-309667/Residents-gather-eat-dead-fish-floating-in-barangay-Ibo) 12.22.10 – More than a hundred dead pelicans turn up in North Carolina, unknown causes (http://www.carteretnewstimes.com/articles/2010/12/28/topsail_voice/news/doc4d120c21c2083603738750.txt) 12.23.10 – Hundreds of dead sea creatures wash ashore in South Carolina, blamed on cold water (http://www.abcnews4.com/Global/story.asp?S=13735801) 12.23.10 – Ten tons of mostly dead fish found in fishing net in New Zealand, unknown causes (http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/rodney-times/4477740/Enlisted-to-help-with-deadly-haul) 12.27.10 – Scores of dead fish wash ashore in a lake in Haiti, unknown causes (http://www.france24.com/en/20101227-authorities-probe-dead-fish-haitian-lake) 12.28.10 – 70 bats found dead in Tucson, Ariz., unknown causes (http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/12/28/20101228tucson-70-dead-bats-found.html) 12.29.10 – Dozens of fish found dead in San Antonio, Texas, unknown causes (http://www.ksat.com/news/26316464/detail.html) 12.31.10 – 5,000+ birds found dead in Arkansas, suffering from massive trauma and blood clots (http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/03/arkansas.falling.birds/index.html?hpt=T2) 01.03.11 – 100,000+ dead drum fish found in Arkansas river, unknown causes (http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=136401&catid=2) 01.03.11 – Dozens of dead birds show up in a woman’s backyard in Kentucky, unknown causes (http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/Woman-reports-dozens-of-dead-birds-in-her-yard-112830524.html) 01.03.11 – Tens of thousands of dead fish wash ashore in Chesapeake Bay, Md., blamed on cold water (http://www.wbaltv.com/r/26357581/detail.html) 01.03.11 – 100 tons of dead fish wash ashore in Brazil, unknown causes (http://www.care2.com/greenliving/100-tons-of-fish-die-near-brazil.html#) 01.04.11 – Several dead manatees found on Florida coast, unknown causes (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/fl-treasure-coast-manatees-20110104,0,7714948.story) 01.04.11 – Thousands of dead fish wash up on creek in Florida, unknown causes (http://www.wftv.com/news/26367953/detail.html) 01.04.11 – Hundreds of dead fish was ashore on St. Clair River in Ontario, Can., unknown causes (http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/01/04/16757321.html) 01.04.11 – Hundreds of dead black birds found on highway in Louisiana, suffering from internal injuries and blood clots (http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/112843019.html) 01.05.11 – Hundreds of dead birds found on highway in Texas, unknown causes (http://www.ktre.com/global/story.asp?s=13787277) 01.05.11 – Large amount of dead fish wash up on New Zealand beaches, unknown causes (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10697906) 01.05.11 – Up to 100 jackdaw birds found dead on road in Sweden, unknown causes (http://www.thelocal.se/31262/20110105/) 01.06.11 – 40,000+ dead Devil crabs washed ashore in the U.K., unknown causes (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20027655-503543.html) 01.07.11 – More than 1,000 dead turtle doves found in Italy, unknown causes (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/8246678/More-than-1000-turtle-doves-fall-from-the-sky-in-Italy-in-latest-mass-bird-death-case.html) 01.10.11 – Countless fish found dead in U.K. brook, unknown causes (http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/concern_as_fish_die_in_beauty_spot_brook_1_2224957) 01.11.11 – Thousands of gizzard shad fish float to the top of Lake Michigan and wash up on the shores near Chicago, blamed on cold weather (http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/has-oido/details/bizarre-animal-deaths-reach-chicago-fish-population/4236/) NaturalNews will continue to cover this story in the days ahead. 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Why are the animals dying? Birds, fish wiped out in mysterious deaths

(NaturalNews) In the last week, nearly 100,000 fish washed up on the shores of the Arkansas River, dead. Also in Arkansas, thousands of red-winged blackbirds fell from the sky and plummeted to the ground where they were also found dead. The scene repeated itself in Southern Louisiana where 500 red-winged blackbirds recently plunged out of the sky, dead on arrival, and in Chesapeake Bay, thousands of dead fish have begun washing up onto bay shores. It is common sense to be concerned when the animals around us start dying suddenly and in large numbers. So far, scientists are dismissing these scenes as common phenomena. They say the fish in Arkansas were killed by “disease” and dismiss any possibility of chemicals being involved. The red-winged blackbirds, after autopsies were performed yesterday, appear to have been killed by “blunt trauma,” but it’s not clear whether that trauma was the act of slamming into the ground or if it was caused by something else beforehand. Coincidence? Or is there another cause? While there are many documented cases of birds (and even frogs) falling out of the sky throughout world history, the seeming coincidence of having thousands of birds fall out of the sky while, at the same time, 100,000 fish wash up as dead in the same geographic region demands greater scrutiny. What’s happening in Arkansas that’s killing these animals? The question becomes even more important when you consider that other animal die-offs are occurring with alarming frequency across North America. Not only are honeybees dying off in record numbers, but now bats are being wiped out, too (http://www.naturalnews.com/022989_bats_bees_disease.html). What’s the root cause behind the mass die-offs? Conventional scientists say it’s all due to “disease,” but they neglect to ask the obvious question: What makes these animals suddenly so susceptible to disease? Because that answer may be a uncomfortable to the established industries that sell pesticides, or build cell phone towers, or grow genetically modified crops. For all we know, these 100,000 dead fish are downstream from a field of GMO corn that mutated into something even more deadly than the GMOs we already know. This may not be so far-fetched, actually: Monsanto has a corporate office in Arkansas (in Stuttgart, Arkansas) that’s not too many miles from the Arkansas River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arkansasrivermap.jpg). This isn’t proof of anything, of course, but the idea that a whole lot of birds and fish are suddenly dying near Monsanto’s corporate offices should at least get intelligent people asking some serious questions. Are secret experiments the cause? The PrisonPlanet.com websites suggests that these deaths may be due to secret government experiments (http://www.prisonplanet.com/is-mass-bird-and-fish-die-off-connected-to-government-testing.html). This is not as far-fetched as it sounds. NaturalNews has documented the long history of U.S. government experiments on human beings, too (http://www.naturalnews.com/019189.html). Just last year, Obama was forced to apologize to Guatemala for the U.S. medical experiments conducted on prisoners there (http://www.naturalnews.com/029924_medical_experiments_Guatemala.html). So the idea that the government might be conducting experiments on the weather or on wild animal populations is in no way bizarre. It’s routine, in fact. Still, more mundane explanations may be valid, too. For the birds, the most likely explanation is that they were somehow struck by a freak hail storm . But if hail struck the birds, that same hail should have also appeared on the ground (birds don’t fly at super-high altitude), and no hail was reported. So the hail theory doesn’t pan out. The fish deaths are also a mystery: While the scientists say that disease is the most likely cause — because only one fish species washed up dead — that explanation doesn’t hold water. Here’s why: Animals deaths don’t resemble infectious disease pattern A virus, bacteria or fungus doesn’t magically and suddenly spread across 100,000 members of one species all on the same day. It takes time for such infectious agents to spread. If disease were the cause, you should have seen a few fish showing up dead on one day, followed by a few more some days later, then a lot more after that, and then finally a much larger mass over the subsequent days or weeks as the infectious agent spread through the population. Yet that’s not what we saw. Instead, we saw 100,000 fish dying all at once (or very nearly all at once). This is not indicative of infectious disease. Even the CDC will tell you that. Infections don’t time themselves to kill large populations simultaneously. The pattern of death all but rules out infectious disease as the cause. This pattern is, however, indicative of a poison or some other radical change such as a sharp temperature change in the river. Something changed in the environment — perhaps a rapid depletion of oxygen, or the interference with fish physiology through electromagnetic means. And this points to something other than disease: Perhaps the behavior of a corporation or the actions of a government experiment. In either of those cases, the truth will almost certainly be hidden from public view. Scientists will be paid off to say it was caused by disease, and the corporate-controlled press will buy it, too. And that’s what people will be told. But I’m suspicious. When I see animals dying 100,000 at a time and birds falling out of the sky, I begin to suspect much more than just normal in-the-wild infectious disease. I suspect something far more nefarious is afoot, and whatever it is, you have to ask the inescapable question: Is this a trial run of a much larger experiment involving other species? Perhaps even humans? Sources for this story include: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40887450/ns/us_news-environment/ http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/03/arkansas.falling.birds/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/01/03/yarnold.bird.kill/

Healing herbs revealed on NaturalNews Talk Hour

(NaturalNews) This week’s NaturalNews Talk Hour presents “Rainforest Herbs – How to Heal Naturally”. The Amazon Rainforest is one of the richest places on earth. We’ll reveal the most powerful nutritional treasures in the world. Clear your mind, increase your energy and improve your health with a deeper understanding about healing herbs. Click Here to discover 3 powerful healing herbs. (must see video) Our show begins this Thursday evening at 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern, and registration is FREE. Simply enter your email address in the registration form on the right column of this page and you’ll receive call-in details for the show. Thank you Jonathan and Mike for the constant feed of life changing and empowering information… All you both do is so greatly appreciated…thank you! – Regina Discover the Amazon Rainforest The Amazon rainforest, also called the “Lungs of Our Planet” is one of the world’s greatest natural resources. Its rich vegetation continuously turns carbon dioxide into oxygen. About 30% of the earth’s oxygen is produced by the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon rainforest gets its name from the Amazon River, the life force of the rainforest. It starts in the Peruvian Andes, and travels east over the northern part of South America. It connects with the Atlantic Ocean in Belem, Brazil. Over 4,000 miles long, the river basin covers nearly 3 million square miles, and goes through Brazil, Columbia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, and the three Guyanas. Click Here to discover 3 powerful healing herbs. (must see video) Jonathan Landsman, Host of the Talk Hour says, “Get ready to experience greater clarity of mind, sustainable energy and a stronger immune system. Our next guest, Richard Cicchetti represents a unique blend of experience, wisdom and compassion. We’ll talk about healing, herbs and how to support an eco-friendly lifestyle.” Stop the Insanity Today, over 20% of the Amazon rainforest has been destroyed and is gone forever. Trees are being killed for raising cattle, mining and logging. In the last 50 years, over half of the world’s rainforests have been destroyed by fire and logging. Experts estimate that 130 species of plants, animals, and insects are lost every day. In other words, the rainforest could be completely destroyed in less than 40 years – we must educate ourselves, share this information and prevent its destruction! This week’s guest: Richard Cicchetti, Rainforest Herb Expert Richard Cicchetti – “Rainforest Herbs – How to Heal Naturally” Thu. July 15th Richard Cicchetti, Founder of NATURALUTIONS is dedicated to supporting people in their desire to improve their health and lifestyle. For over 50 years, he has been passionate about nutrition and living green. His ability to teach and support others how to maintain a high level of health and well being will be inspiring for everyone. Get Your FREE Report. LIVE audience members will be offered a FREE gift. Connect with other NaturalNews readers, listen to great health content and have fun with us. Space is limited. Be sure to call a few minutes early to reserve your spot on the show. Register now using the email form in the right column, and you will be emailed show details. Register Now!

Cocaine, Spices, and Hormones Now Being Found in Drinking Water

(NaturalNews) A University of Washington research team recently released the results of a study it conducted on contaminant residue in the waters of Puget Sound in Washington State. Various spices, flavorings and other substances are being identified as making their way out of water treatment plants and back into the world’s water supply. Winter holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas bring extra amounts of cinnamon while chocolate and vanilla are especially popular on the weekends. Likewise, caramel corn residue and waffle-cone pieces are particularly excessive around the Independence Day. The most popular contaminant found in the sound is artificial vanilla flavor which is found at an average of 14 milligrams per liter of water. Around the world, scientists are finding all sorts of things from pharmaceutical drugs to illegal drugs in water supplies despite rigorous efforts to remove them at water treatment facilities. Piggy-backing a report from last year that found trace levels of pharmaceutical drugs in most U.S. water supplies, this report highlights even further how easily water is being contaminated by various human elements. While spices and flavorings may not inflict any noticeable harm, the concept that traces of everything flushed end up in the water is what researchers wish to convey. Contaminant byproducts, also known as metabolites, regularly make their way out of water treatment plants back into natural waters. Experts hope that awareness of this will encourage people to be cautious about what they flush and engaged in working toward a solution. Illegal drugs have become a problem in many water supplies where the residue is toxic to both animals and other humans. A 2008 study found that 92 percent of water samples at a Spanish treatment plant contained trace elements of cocaine. Italy’s longest river, the Po River, is also said to carry daily noticeable levels of the narcotic through its waterways as well as 44 pounds of daily pharmaceutical drugs which are also highly problematic. Of notable concern is water contaminated by perchlorate, a chemical used in rocket fuel and fireworks that inhibits the uptake of iodine. Iodine is vital for proper thyroid gland function, and without it serious diseases like hypothroidism run rampant. Perchlorate is currently unregulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Current EPA guidelines require that more than 90 known contaminants be removed from water supplies, but the introduction of new chemicals as well as the use of ones that are not completely filtered out are becoming troublesome. Awareness of the issue will hopefully drive the effort to remedy the problem. Sources for this story include: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/11/091112-drinking-water-cocaine.html

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