
The results for the 5,000 blackbirds and 100,000 Fish are in; of course, this wouldn't make breaking news as most people probably have forgotten about 20+ mass kills so far this year.
More and more cases of unexplained deaths among wildlife are coming in daily. However, none are making any "real" news and are hidden well enough to obscure the stories from people that just read the information slapped on the front pages.
They do all have one thing in common though, which are bad excuses from experts who do not really know what is causing the deaths. Even after test results have returned the experts seem to be clueless as to the exact cause of the deaths, once again leaving us with ludicrous conclusions such as fireworks being responsible for the birds' deaths.
RESULTS FOR DEAD FISH - The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission say less is known about the Dec. 29 fish kill. Tests on fish and water samples didn't turn up anything.
"Arkansas wildlife officials say the mystery of what killed tens of thousands of fish that washed up along the Arkansas River late last year can't be solved."
“We probably will never know exactly what killed these fish,” said AGFC Assistant Chief of Fisheries Chris Racey. “But the testing has eliminated the largest public concerns of disease, parasites and toxins. We have no reason to think fish caught in the Arkansas River are unsafe to eat.”
“We can say conclusively that the drum were not killed from a bacterial or viral infection, or from parasites,” said AGFC Fish Pathologist Kelly Winningham. “UAPB ran a full set of fish health tests and everything came back negative.”
Fish kills are not that uncommon, said AGFC District Fisheries Supervisor Bob Limbird. “But kills of this magnitude in Arkansas are rare,” he said.
NOTE: Tests were also conducted on the water, with results showing that water levels were normal with NO toxic algae, metals or pollutants to blame these deaths on.
RESULTS FOR DEAD BIRDS: (Beebe, AR) -- No poison. No disease. The reason thousands of blackbirds died in Beebe on New Year's Eve is blunt force trauma.
That's from a lab test conducted at the University of Georgia. It confirms the findings from tests in Arkansas and also in Wisconsin.
"We're sure they died of trauma," said Arkansas State Veterinarian Dr. George Badley. "We don't know why they, why they flew off their roost and started running into things."
But he says fireworks from new year's celebrations is still the best theory - also the fact that blackbirds already have poor vision.
So here's the bottom line with the birds: the final test results are in and three different labs all agree the birds died from trauma. Now, as far as what caused that trauma ...
"Only the blackbirds know that," chuckled Dr Badley.
SOURCE;NOTE: The chuckling Dr Badley as goes on to mention that blackbirds are FLYING INTO EACHOTHER, which poses NO threat to HUMAN LIFE; basically, they do not know what caused these blackbirds to become suicidal.
Blackbirds flying into each other? Hmm. So first they were hit by cars, trucks, then they flew into trees and buildings because of the fireworks... then why is Dr Badley stating that they flew into each other?
No threat to human life? What a strange statement, since none of the cases regarding birds have been reported as harming any humans. I can understand if toxins or disease were the cause - an expert could then use "NO Threat to human life" to reassure the public. But birds flying into each other? Would it not be logical that this wouldn't be a threat to humans to start with?