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• Great blue heron found shot in Aptos dies after surgery - Mercury News - www.mercurynews.com on 11/19/2008
  Aptos, Santa Cruz County, California, United States, North America -- A great blue heron that was found shot in Aptos on Friday has died, the second to be shot and killed in Santa Cruz County in the past year. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/20/08


• Undiagnosed die-off, apis - China: (GD), RFI - Archive Number 20081119.3654 - ProMED Mail - www.promedmail.org on 11/18/2008
  Shaoguan, Guangdong, China, Asia -- Shaoguan area [in Guangdong province] continues to be perplexed by the mysterious deaths of bees. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/20/08


• Sick dolphin in Shrewsbury River euthanized - Philly.com - www.philly.com on 11/17/2008
  Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, North America -- A sick dolphin found in the shallows of the Shrewsbury River had to be euthanized over the weekend. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/18/08


• Wayward Dolphin Found Dead In N.J. River - WCBSTV News 2 - wcbstv.com on 11/15/2008
  Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, North America -- A dolphin found dead in the Shrewsbury River was not part of a pod of wayward dolphins who have called the river home since June. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/18/08


• Yellow fever - South America (32): Brazil (RGS), monkeys - Archive Number 20081113.3577 - ProMED Mail - www.promedmail.org on 11/4/2008
  Tiradentes do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, South America -- On 24 Oct 2008, the Secretariat of Health Surveillance (SVS) of the Ministry of Health (MoH) received notification of deaths of primates of the genus _Alouatta sp._, [howler monkeys] in the municipalities of Tres Passos and Tiradentes do Sul in the northwestern part of Rio Grande do Sul state. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/17/08


• Yellow fever - South America (32): Brazil (RGS), monkeys - Archive Number 20081113.3577 - ProMED Mail - www.promedmail.org on 11/4/2008
  Tres Passos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, South America -- On 24 Oct 2008, the Secretariat of Health Surveillance (SVS) of the Ministry of Health (MoH) received notification of deaths of primates of the genus _Alouatta sp._, [howler monkeys] in the municipalities of Tres Passos and Tiradentes do Sul in the northwestern part of Rio Grande do Sul state. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/17/08


• Dumped rubbish killing elephants in Botswana - The Australian - www.theaustralian.news.com.au on 11/17/2008
  Chobe, Botswana, Africa -- Elephants and other animals are dying as they feed off rubbish dumped by humans encroaching on their land. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/17/08


• DEC Warns Against Feeding Waterfowl after Finding Dead & Dying Geese - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - www.dec.ny.gov/ on 11/13/2008
  Clinton County, New York, United States, North America -- Recently, a dozen Canada geese were found sick or dead on a pond in northern Clinton County by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Wildlife staff responding to a report from a concerned citizen. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/13/08


• Beached sea lions herald potential new leptospirosis outbreak - Westerly News - /www.canada.com/westerly on 11/13/2008
  Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America -- A sick sea lion was found washed ashore on Mary Kimoto's property at the entrance to Ucluelet Harbour, while a dead sea lion was found beached this past Sunday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/13/08


• Houston's two-year-old elephant is sick - KHOU 11 News - www.khou.com on 11/9/2008
  Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States, North America -- Mac, the Asian elephant calf born at the Houston Zoo two years ago, began treatment on Sunday for elephant herpesvirus, an often fatal virus that can affect elephants in the wild and in zoos. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/12/08


• Evergreen E. coli outbreak traced to elk droppings - Rocky Mountain News - rockymountainnews.com on 11/11/2008
  Denver, Denver County, Colorado, United States, North America -- The mystery behind the E. coli outbreak southwest of Denver started clearing up when all eight sickened children said they liked playing outdoors ? in elk country. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/12/08


• Dead manatee found in Croydon - Bucks County Courier Times - www.phillyburbs.com on 11/7/2008
  Croydon, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States, North America -- A dead manatee was found earlier this week near the banks of the Delaware River in Croydon. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/10/08


• Virus keeps tiger musky program on hold - Salt Lake Tribune - www.sltrib.com on 11/6/2008
  Recapture Reservoir, San Juan County, Utah, United States, North America -- . . . Division of Wildlife Resources fisheries officials recently learned that one of the last certified disease-free populations of musky tested positive for a virus. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/10/08


• Sea eagle poisoning thwarts bird of prey surveillance programme - Guardian Unlimited - www.guardian.co.uk on 11/10/2008
  Dundee, Isle of Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe -- . . . Just over a month later, White G was found dead some 124 miles to the east, in a glen north of Dundee, by a local landowner, Richard de Klee, who had been out shooting rabbits with his son. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/10/08


• Lakeland swans squawk and squirm through scrubbing - My Fox Tampa Bay - www.myfoxtampabay.com on 11/7/2008
  Lake Morton, Polk County, Florida, United States, North America -- It's called Pink Flamingo Disease -- a bacteria causes the bird's feathers to degrade, which eventually could result in death. It was killing hundreds of birds overseas, until Gardner came up an idea. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/9/08


• DNR says chronic wasting disease increasing in parts of state - Milwaukee Journal Online - www.jsonline.com on 11/7/2008
  Wisconsin, United States, North America -- In its first long-term analysis of how to manage chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin, the Department of Natural Resources acknowledged this week that the fatal deer disease can't be eliminated in some parts of the state. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/9/08


• Another bat had fungal disease - Times Union - timesunion.com on 11/9/2008
  Rosendale, Ulster County, New York, United States, North America -- State officials discovered another case of white nose syndrome fungus, a small white substance that has been found around the face and nose of thousands of bats -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/9/08


• Police care for beached dolphin until marine experts arrive - near Wollongong - New South Wales Government - NSW Police Force on 11/6/2008
  Bellambi, New South Wales, Australia, Australia -- Police have assisted in the care of a dolphin that beached itself at Bellambi, north of Wollongong. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/6/08


• Loons, gulls found dead on Presque Isle - Erie Times-News - www.goerie.com on 11/6/2008
  Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States, North America -- Area biologists are seeing an increase in bird deaths from avian botulism, a paralytic disease that kills about 10,000 Great Lakes shorebirds every year. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/6/08


• Public warned of fish disease - ABC News - www.abc.net.au on 11/3/2008
  New South Wales, Australia, Australia -- The DPI says 2008 has been a bad year for epizootic ulcerative syndrome, better known as EUS or red spot disease. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/3/08


• Elephant seal hit and killed on Silicon Valley road - Los Angeles Times - www.latimes.com on 11/2/2008
  Newark, Alameda County, California, United States, North America -- A year-old northern elephant seal was struck and killed on a busy Silicon Valley street near San Francisco Bay before rescuers could reach the animal, police said today. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/3/08


• Virus claims Malti - Calgary Sun - calsun.canoe.ca on 11/2/2008
  Calgary, Alberta, Canada, North America -- Staff at the Calgary Zoo are mourning the death of Malti, a female elephant calf who lost her battle against a rare but deadly disease yesterday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/3/08


• Fears of bird disease - Star News Group - www.starnewsgroup.com.au on 11/4/2008
  Monbulk, Victoria, Australia, Australia -- A MONBULK doctor has warned residents against getting too friendly with parrots following a recent case of a bird-related flu. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 11/3/08


• Dead dugong found in Jebel Dhanna - Gulf News - www.gulfnews.com on 10/29/2008
  Abu Dhabi, Abu Zaby, United Arab Emirates, Asia -- Yet another dugong, an endangered marine mammal, has been found dead by the Marine environment experts from the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) at the Jebel Dhanna area in Al Gharbia. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/30/08


• Wyoming moose tests positive for chronic wasting disease; Utah biologists concerned - Salt Lake Tribune - www.sltrib.com on 10/27/2008
  Bedford, Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States, North America -- The unexpected discovery of a Wyoming moose with chronic wasting disease has Utah wildlife officials concerned -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/29/08


• 'Botulism Caused Mass Death of Wild Ducks in Incheon' - KBS News - english.kbs.co.kr on 10/24/2008
  Inchon, Inchon-jikhalsi, South Korea, Asia -- The mass death of wild ducks in Incheon was found to have been caused by botulism, not avian influenza. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/27/08


• More bighorns killed in E. Wash. collisions - Seattle Post Intelligencer - seattlepi.com on 10/24/2008
  Chelan County, Washington, United States, North America -- Two more rare bighorn sheep have died in vehicle collisions this week on U.S. Highway 97A north of Wenatchee. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/27/08


• Researchers: 7 orcas missing from Puget Sound - YahooNews - news.yahoo.com on 10/25/2008
  Puget Sound, Kitsap County, Washington, United States, North America -- Seven Puget Sound killer whales are missing and presumed dead in what could be the biggest decline among the sound's orcas in nearly a decade, say scientists who carefully track the endangered animals. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/27/08


• Koi Herpes Virus likely culprit in massive carp die-off - Lake County Record-Bee - www.record-bee.com on 10/23/2008
  Clear Lake, Lake County, California, United States, North America -- According to Department of Fish and Game fishery biologist Jay Rowan, the results of laboratory tests show the carp died from a virus called "Koi Herpes Virus." -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/24/08


• Possible Cases of Hemorrhagic Disease Found in Arkansas - Buckmasters - www.buckmasters.com on 10/24/2008
  Arkansas, United States, North America -- Hunters and landowners in Lawrence and Sharp counties have reported some deer and livestock dying from a possible outbreak of Hemorrhagic Disease. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/24/08


• West Nile virus continues to spread - Village News - www.thevillagenews.com on 10/23/2008
  San Diego County, California, United States, North America -- County Vector Control officials announced that during the week of October 6-12 alone, 17 dead birds and one batch of mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV). -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/24/08


• An Orca takes its last breath on Kauai - KHON News - www.khon2.com on 10/22/2008
  Kauai County, Hawaii, United States, North America -- It is only the third documented case of an Orca stranding on our shores. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/23/08


• Rabies, bovine, vampire bat, human exposure - Colombia: (BOL) - ProMED Mail - www.promedmail.org on 10/21/2008
  Bolivar, Colombia, South America -- . . . A report by the Interior ministry indicated that the transmission of the sylvan rabies detected was attributed to attacks by the well-known vampire bats (_Desmodus rotundus_), which were responsible for another rabies outbreak in bovines about 2 years ago, and that was also controlled through actions of the ICA and the Departmental Secretariat of Health. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/23/08


• 'Disease' kills rhino - The Telegraph - www.telegraphindia.com on 10/22/2008
  Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India, Asia -- It is not just poaching that is haunting the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary of late. Apparently, a ?mysterious? disease is believed to have struck the sanctuary, already claiming a rhino calf. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/23/08


• Norway's lesson in salmon protection - BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk on 10/20/2008
  Ogna, Rogaland, Norway, Europe -- . . . The fish which got away are about to die, when officials dose 18 km of the river here with poison. They're trying to kill off a parasite called Gyrodactylus Salaris (Gs). -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/21/08


• Dolphin deaths double; algae suspected - Florida Today - www.floridatoday.com on 10/21/2008
  Brevard County, Florida, United States, North America -- Fifty bottlenose dolphins died in the Indian River Lagoon in just over five months, about twice the usual rate. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/21/08


• Dolphin deaths double; algae suspected - Florida Today - www.floridatoday.com on 10/21/2008
  Volusia County, Florida, United States, North America -- Fifty bottlenose dolphins died in the Indian River Lagoon in just over five months, about twice the usual rate. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/21/08


• Rabies Confirmed In Denver Skunk - Medical News Today on 10/10/2008
  Denver, Denver County, Colorado, United States, North America -- Following reports earlier this year of rabid skunks circulating in eastern counties of Colorado, the state lab at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has confirmed a rabid skunk in the vicinity of Sloan's Lake in Northwest Denver. According to epidemiologists at the state health department, this is the first rabid skunk found in the metro area since 1976. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/20/08


• Tuberculosis, cervids - USA: (NY) - Archive Number 20081019.3306 - ProMED Mail - www.promedmail.org on 10/16/2008
  Columbia County, New York, United States, North America -- The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets today [16 Oct 2008] reported the finding of tuberculosis (TB) in a captive red and fallow deer herd in Columbia County. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/20/08


• Crow tests positive for bird flu - The Standard - www.thestandard.com.hk on 10/20/2008
  Sham Shui Po district, Hong Kong, China, Asia -- A house crow found dead in Hong Kong has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, an agricultural official said. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/20/08


• Star Valley Moose Tests Positive for CWD [press release] - Wyoming Game and Fish Department - gf.state.wy.us on 10/17/2008
  Bedford, Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States, North America -- A three-year-old female moose has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease in western Wyoming. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/20/08


• West Nile Virus infects several animals in county, no humans - The Lumberjack - www.jackcentral.com on 10/16/2008
  Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, United States, North America -- . . . Within the past month, there has been no report of mosquitoes, but there have been several instances in which the virus has been present in Coconino County. The virus also continues to be prominent throughout Arizona, leading to the state?s fifth place ranking for high amounts of infected victims in the United States. Two squirrels and a chipmunk, as well as several birds, have been reported positive for WNV in east and west Flagstaff. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/16/08


• First case of West Nile Virus in San Luis Obispo County this year - KSBY 6 News - www.ksby.com on 10/15/2008
  San Luis Obispo County, California, United States, North America -- The first West Nile case of the year is confirmed for San Luis Obispo County. The county Department of Public Health Services said a House Finch was discovered somewhere in the city of San Luis Obispo last month. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/16/08


• UNDIAGNOSED FATALITIES - SOUTH AFRICA EX ZAMBIA (08): ARENAVIRUS IDENTIFIED - ProMED Mail - www.promedmail.org on 10/13/2008
  Zambia, Africa -- [1] South Africa - National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NCID): Outbreak of an acute disease, ex Zambia [2] WHO: New virus from family _Arenaviridae_ in South Africa and Zambia - Update [3] South Africa Government Communication and Information System: Unknown illness identified as Arenavirus [4} Newswire: Virus identified - nurse ill -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/15/08


• West Nile virus found in bird in Jefferson County - Capital Times - www.madison.com on 10/14/2008
  Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States, North America -- The West Nile virus has been discovered in a dead blue jay in Jefferson County, the first bird testing positive for the disease this year in Jefferson County and the second animal to test positive in the county after a horse tested positive earlier this summer. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/14/08


• Ducks died of botulism - Kentucky.com on 10/13/2008
  Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States, North America -- The ducks that died at Lake Mingo Park over the weekend succumbed to a kind of botulism that occurs naturally when air temperatures rise and water and oxygen levels drop in ponds. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/14/08


• DNR blames Tucker bird deaths on fog - Cumberland Times-News - www.times-news.com on 10/10/2008
  Tucker County, West Virginia, United States, North America -- An investigation of more than 500 dead birds found last month at Tucker County High School found that the birds died from crashing into the building, according to the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/13/08


• Wayward manatee, rescued from Cape Cod waters, dies in transit to Florida - The Republican - www.masslive.com on 10/13/2008
  Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, North America -- The wayward manatee that was rescued from Cape Cod waters Saturday died Sunday as it was being taken to a rehabilitation center in Florida, an animal welfare official said. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/13/08


• IDFG on the alert for diseased deer - Latah Eagle - www.lataheagle.com on 10/9/2008
  Moscow, Latah County, Idaho, United States, North America -- Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD), a disease spread by gnats is responsible for the deaths of as many as 30 deer, discovered in a small area of Big Game Management Unit 8 east of Moscow. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/13/08


• Game farm deer had CWD - Milwaukee Journal Online - www.jsonline.com on 10/10/2008
  Portage County, Wisconsin, United States, North America -- A white-tailed deer kept at a game farm in Portage County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/13/08


• HANTAVIRUS INFECTION - VIET NAM: (HO CHI MINH CITY) - ProMed-Mail Archive Number 20081009.3202 - ProMED Mail - www.promedmail.org on 10/9/2008
  Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Vietnam, Asia -- A 25-year-old woman who lives in District 12 [of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)], has a hantavirus [infection], which is transmitted by inhaled dust exposed to rodent feces or urine, or transmitted by rodent bites, according to Phan Ngoc Nam, head of Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease at People's Hospital 115. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/10/08


• Second dolphin is found dead floating along the Navesink - nj.com - www.nj.com on 10/9/2008
  Navesink River, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, North America -- A second dolphin was found dead in the Navesink River yesterday, prompting wildlife officials and rescue experts to begin talks about possibly moving the wayward pod to the Atlantic Ocean. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/9/08


• Dead bird in county has virus - Watertown Daily News - www.wdtimes.com on 10/8/2008
  Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States, North America -- The Jefferson County Health Department has reported that a dead blue jay found in Jefferson County has tested positive for West Nile virus. This is the first bird to test positive in the county since surveillance for the mosquito-transmitted disease began May 1. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/9/08


• 46 Geese Shot and Left in Soda Springs Dumpsters - KIFI Local News 8 - www.localnews8.com on 10/8/2008
  Soda Springs, Caribou County, Idaho, United States, North America -- The Idaho Fish and Game Department is trying to figure out who shot 46 geese, and then threw them in dumpsters in Soda Springs. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/9/08


• 37 ducks found dead at stormwater pond - Thisweek - www.thisweeklive.com on 10/2/2008
  Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota, United States, North America -- Thirty-seven ducks were found dead at a stormwater pond on Saturday at 153rd Street and Galaxie Avenue in Apple Valley. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/9/08


• Perth seagull deaths remain a mystery - The Australian - www.theaustralian.news.com.au on 10/9/2008
  Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Australia -- The mysterious deaths of 300 seagulls that dropped from the sky in July in two beachside suburbs south of Perth may never be explained. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/9/08


• Thousands of fish die in Alameda Creek in Fremont - Mercury News - www.mercurynews.com on 10/8/2008
  Alameda Creek, Alameda County, California, United States, North America -- Investigators on Tuesday were working to determine whether a leak from a sewage facility in Pleasanton might have caused a major fish kill in Alameda Creek. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/9/08


• Koi Herpesvirus disease outbreak confirmed - Media-Newswire.com - media-newswire.com on 10/3/2008
  Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe -- Movements of fish in and out of two fisheries, in Hertfordshire and Cornwall, have been restricted, following the confirmation of Koi Herpesvirus ( KHV ) Disease. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/8/08


• CWD penetrates state park - The Sauk Praire Eagle - www.wiscnews.com on 10/8/2008
  Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States, North America -- The Devil's Lake State Park area is a frontier for the spread of chronic wasting disease, and state deer management officials are appealing to hunters to allow testing of the animals they shoot locally as part of the effort to track and control the illness. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/8/08


• Bald Eagle Found Dead In Mequon - WISN Channel 12 News - www.wisn.com on 10/6/2008
  Mequon, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States, North America -- A bald eagle that had made a nest in Mequon is found dead. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/7/08


• Rabbits hit by deadly myxomatosis outbreak - Evening Courier - www.halifaxcourier.co.uk on 10/7/2008
  Calderdale, England, United Kingdom, Europe -- AN outbreak of a deadly plague has gripped Calderdale's rabbit population. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/7/08


• Monk seal pup found dead in Waimanalo - Honolulu Advertiser - www.honoluluadvertiser.com on 10/6/2008
  Waimanalo, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States, North America -- Necropsy findings into what caused the death of a monk seal pup found over the weekend in Waimanalo were inconclusive, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service announced today. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/7/08


• Anthrax breaks out in Chama - Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation - www.znbc.co.zm on 10/2/2008
  Chama, Eastern, Zambia, Africa -- Anthrax has broken out in Chama District of the Eastern Province. Principal Veterinary Officer, Joseph Sitali says the disease has already killed a number of wild animals. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/6/08


• Sea Lions Sick From Contagious Disease - KCBA Fox 35 News - www.kcba.com on 10/2/2008
  Moss Landing, Monterey County, California, United States, North America -- Dozens of sick California sea lions have been brought in to the Marine Mammal Center field office in Moss Landing for care, and officials say a contagious infection is to blame. Marine officials say the mammals are dehydrated, lethargic and in pain. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/6/08


• Rare whale dies on an Avalon beach - Philadelphia Inquirer - www.philly.com/inquirer on 10/3/2008
  Avalon, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, North America -- A rare whale died this week on an Avalon beach after a group of beachgoers spent about 90 minutes trying to push it back to sea. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/6/08


• Dead dolphins seen on training exercise - Western Morning News - www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk on 10/4/2008
  Fal River, England, United Kingdom, Europe -- Dead marine mammals were spotted during a naval exercise which has been blamed for a mass stranding of dolphins on the Westcountry coast. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 10/6/08