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• Undiagnosed deaths, gazelle - Mongolia: (SB), anthrax susp. - Archive No. 20080818.2567 - ProMED Mail - www.promedmail.org on 8/17/2008
  Suhbaatar, Mongolia, Asia -- According to Mongolian news reports, over 200 Mongolian gazelles recently died of unknown causes near Nuoluobushan (transliteration) in Erdenetsagaan Sum [district, near the Sino-Mongolian border of] Sukhbaatar province. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/19/08


• Large amount of otter cub deaths - Weston Mercury - www.thewestonmercury.co.uk on 8/19/2008
  Somerset County, England, United Kingdom, Europe -- Too many otter cubs have died in the first half of 2008, according to experts at Somerset Wildlife Trust. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/19/08


• Elk Herds Showing Severe Health Problems - The Chronicle - www.chronline.com on 8/18/2008
  Lewis County, Washington, United States, North America -- Early-season elk hunters with August muzzle-loader and archery permits at Boistfort are returning with horror stories about general herd health in that area. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/18/08


• West Nile virus confirmed in Oakville - Oakville Beaver - www.oakvillebeaver.com on 8/16/2008
  Ontario, Canada, North America -- Officials from Halton Region's Health Department are calling on residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites after a dead blue jay found in Oakville tested positive for West Nile virus (WNv). -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/18/08


• Ducks dying in Salt Lake Valley parks - KSL Television & Radio - ksl.com on 8/15/2008
  Utah, United States, North America -- Something disturbing is happening at city parks in Murray and Salt Lake City -- ducks are dying. According to disease biologists with the Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR), it's avian botulism, a disease that slowly paralyzes the ducks. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/18/08


• More than 100 rare Laysan ducks found dead - Times of India - timesofindia.indiatimes.com on 8/18/2008
  United States, North America -- More than 100 endangered Laysan ducks have been found dead this month at Midway Atoll in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/18/08


• Banff on alert after disease found in elk - Calgary Herald - www.canada.com on 8/16/2008
  Alberta, Canada, North America -- Banff National Park officials are keeping close tabs on the local elk population after the first cases of chronic wasting disease in wild elk showed up in Saskatchewan. Deer in Alberta and Saskatchewan have tested positive for the disease -- a fatal brain illness of mule deer, white-tailed deer and elk. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/18/08


• Banff on alert after disease found in elk - Calgary Herald - www.canada.com on 8/16/2008
  Saskatchewan, Canada, North America -- Banff National Park officials are keeping close tabs on the local elk population after the first cases of chronic wasting disease in wild elk showed up in Saskatchewan. Deer in Alberta and Saskatchewan have tested positive for the disease -- a fatal brain illness of mule deer, white-tailed deer and elk. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/18/08


• Birds that died on Minn. lakes test positive for Newcastle disease - KAAL-TV ABC 6 News - kaaltv.com on 8/15/2008
  Minnesota, United States, North America -- The National Veterinary Services Laboratory has found that several wild water birds from two Minnesota lakes have tested positive for the virulent form of Newcastle disease. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/18/08


• West Nile found in Adams - Journal Gazette - www.journalgazette.net on 8/15/2008
  Adams County, Indiana, United States, North America -- Mosquitoes in 11 counties across the state â?? including two mosquito samples in Adams â?? recently tested positive for West Nile virus, and health officials are urging caution. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/15/08


• Bird positive for West Nile Virus - The Post - www.thepost.on.ca on 8/15/2008
  Ontario, Canada, North America -- A dead Eastern Loggerhead Shrike in Grey Bruce tested positive for West Nile virus (WNv). This is the first WNv positive bird in the region this year. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/15/08


• Botulism outbreak kills 600 birds - EuroWeekly News - www.euroweeklynews.com on 8/14/2008
  Laguna del Hondo, Valenciana, Spain, Europe -- An outbreak of botulism has killed off some 600 birds and thousands of fish in the El Hondo nature reserve near Elche in just two weeks. This mirrors recent reports that hundreds of birds had died of the condition in the Albufera wetland, where it crosses through Tavernes de la Valldigna. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/15/08


• Deadly bird disease hits W. Michigan - WOOD TV - www.woodtv.com on 8/9/2008
  Mason County, Michigan, United States, North America -- A deadly bird disease has been detected in Mason County. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has confirmed that some birds that have been found dead on the Lake Michigan shore died of Type E. Botulism. The infected birds were found dead at Ludington State Park in July. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/15/08


• Red tide may be linked to Quebec whale deaths - CBC News - www.cbc.ca on 8/14/2008
  St Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada, North America -- A red algae infestation in the St. Lawrence Seaway caused by heavy rain this summer may have caused the death of several marine animals, including birds, fish and a handful of beluga whales, say scientists in the area. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/15/08


• Sylvatic plague is beginning to dwindle in S.D. - Argus Leader - www.argusleader.com on 8/5/2008
  South Dakota, United States, North America -- The sylvatic plague spread in Conata Basin south of Wall is beginning to dwindle, U.S. Forest Service officials said Tuesday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/14/08


• Dead, sick ducks at Forks blamed on avian botulism - Winnipeg Sun - winnipegsun.com on 8/14/2008
  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, North America -- Winnipeggers are concerned about a spate of dead and disoriented ducks that have started appearing at The Forks recently. "I can count possibly over 100 dead ones so far," said Jeanella Budge, who works at the Tutti Frutti refreshment stand at The Forks and has been keeping tabs on the situation. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/14/08


• West Nile Virus-Positive Bird Found In Charlestown - eMaxHealth - www.emaxhealth.com on 8/13/2008
  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North America -- A blue jay found in Charlestown tested positive for West Nile Virus, the second time this summer the mosquito-borne illness has been detected in a bird in Boston, the Boston Public Health Commission said today. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/14/08


• Second Monterey County bird tests positive for West Nile Virus - TheCalifornian.com on 8/13/2008
  Salinas, Monterey County, California, United States, North America -- A dead starling found near the Rico-Rossi area off Davis Road in Salinas has been tested and confirmed as a carrier of West Nile Virus. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/14/08


• Dead bird tests positive for West Nile - Cape Cod Times - www.capecodonline.com on 8/13/2008
  Cummaquid, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, North America -- The town's Public Health Division announced yesterday that a dead bird from the Cummaquid area has tested positive for the West Nile virus . . . The bird is the first to test positive . . . -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/13/08


• West Nile-infected bird cases still rising - SignOnSanDiego - weblog.signonsandiego.com on 8/12/2008
  California, United States, North America -- . . .During the past week, 35 dead birds were added to the list of animals with the disease, county vector control officials said. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/13/08


• Avian trichomoniasis affecting pigeons, doves - RGJ.com - news.rgj.com on 8/13/2008
  Washoe County, Nevada, United States, North America -- . . According to NDOW's Wildlife Health Specialist, Mark Atkinson, a collaborative field investigation has shown the cause of this disease outbreak to be avian trichomoniasis, which does not pose a health threat to humans. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/13/08


• Mystery surrounds deaths of 15 ducks in Bayfront Park - TheSpec.com - www.thespec.com on 8/13/2008
  Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, North America -- Fifteen adult mallard ducks in Bayfront Park are dead after contracting a mystery illness. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/13/08


• State to test dead ducks found in Lowell for avian flu - Trading Markets.com - www.tradingmarkets.com on 8/12/2008
  Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, North America -- The death of more than two dozen ducks along the Riverwalk in downtown Lowell has drawn the attention of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, which is hoping to conduct tests on a recently deceased duck. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/13/08


• DNR: Michigan birds killed by botulism - Chicago Tribune - www.chicagotribune.com on 8/8/2008
  Ludington State Park, Mason County, Michigan, United States, North America -- Michigan officials say botulism is responsible for the deaths of birds in Ludington State Park last month. It's the first positive confirmation of Type E botulism in 2008. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/12/08


• West Nile virus has spread across state - Boston Globe - www.boston.com/news on 8/11/2008
  Massachusetts, United States, North America -- West Nile virus has gained a foothold in Massachusetts, with "significant activity" in greater Boston, Worcester, and Springfield, state health officials said today. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/12/08


• Dead crow had West Nile - Collingwood Connection - www.collingwoodconnection.com on 8/11/2008
  Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada, North America -- A dead crow collected in Bracebridge is the first bird to test positive for West Nile virus (WNv) in Simcoe-Muskoka this season. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/12/08


• Virus-stricken bird found in city - Herald News - www.heraldnews.com on 8/8/2008
  Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, North America -- The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced Friday that a dead bird found in the Locust Street/Colfax Street neighborhood is the city?s first West Nile virus positive bird of 2008. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/12/08


• West Nile Virus found in Saugus crow; spraying is planned - Wicked Local - www.wickedlocal.com on 8/11/2008
  Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, North America -- A crow found on Third Street in Saugus has tested positive for West Nile Virus, leading health officials to authorize spraying chemicals in the affected area. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/12/08


• Deer deaths at golf course a mystery - Victoria Times Colonist - www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist on 8/9/2008
  Royal Colwood Golf Club, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, North America -- Dead baby deer are not the type of hazards golfers like to meet on the course. But far too many for comfort started turning up at Royal Colwood Golf Club during the last few months. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/11/08


• Outbreak of avian botulism? - Erie Times-News - www.goerie.com on 8/10/2008
  United States, North America -- Local biologists are bracing for an outbreak of avian botulism, a paralytic disease that kills about 10,000 Great Lakes shorebirds every summer. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/11/08


• Thousands of fish killed in algae outbreak in pond - Petersfield Post & Bordon Post - www.petersfieldpost.co.uk on 8/5/2008
  Petersfield, England, United Kingdom, Europe -- BETWEEN 1,500 and 2,000 fish are estimated to have died in Petersfield's Heath Pond since toxic blue-green algae was discovered in the water. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/8/08


• ProMed - Babesiosis, deer - Russia: (Sakha) - ProMED Mail - www.promedmail.org on 8/6/2008
  Respublika Sakha(Yakutiya), Russia, Asia -- . . .studying the cause of death of 72 deer in Gorniy Ulus district [Republic of Sakha (Yakutiya)] . . . babesiosis or piroplasmosis -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/8/08


• Hundreds of invasive crayfish killed by disease - Telegraph - www.telegraph.co.uk on 8/7/2008
  Essex, Colchester, England, United Kingdom, Europe -- All the creatures killed so far have been from an invasive species - the Turkish crayfish - but there are fears the disease could spread to the native white-clawed crayfish. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/8/08


• Mystery killer disease may be spread by vampire bats - New Scientist - www.newscientist.com on 8/8/2008
  Venezuela, South America -- A mysterious illness has killed at least 38 people in a remote patch of South American rain forest . . . may point to bat-transmitted rabies. . . -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/8/08


• Clayton bird first West Nile Virus case - Daily Telegram - www.leconnect.com on 8/7/2008
  Clayton, Lenawee County, Michigan, United States, North America -- Tests on a bird found in the Clayton area confirmed it is one of the first two West Nile Virus cases in Michigan this year. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/8/08


• West Nile virus found in Colusa County bird - Colusa County Sun Herald.com - www.colusa-sun-herald.com on 8/8/2008
  Grimes, Colusa County, California, United States, North America -- A dead bird [Western scrub jay] found in Colusa County is the first this year to carry the West Nile virus, pest control officers announced Wednesday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/8/08


• San Rafael bird dies of West Nile virus - Marin Independent Journal - www.marinij.com on 8/6/2008
  San Rafael, Marin County, California, United States, North America -- In Marin's first confirmed case of West Nile virus this year, a bird [house finch] found in San Rafael died of the disease, officials said Wednesday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/8/08


• West Nile hits endangered bird - Bayshore Broadcasting - www.radioowensound.com on 8/8/2008
  Dyers Bay, Ontario, Canada, North America -- . . . Wildlife Preservation Canada and says two young Eastern Loggerhead Shrikes succumbed to West Nile at their release site near Dyers Bay. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/8/08


• Bird with West Nile virus found in Scotts Valley - Mercury News - Central Coast - www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast on 8/7/2008
  Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz County, California, United States, North America -- The county's first case of West Nile virus was confirmed in a house finch found in Scotts Valley, health officials reported Wednesday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/8/08


• Ottawa reports first West Nile cases - Canoe CNews - cnews.canoe.ca on 8/7/2008
  Manotick, Ontario, Canada, North America -- Two dead birds found in the region in recent days have tested positive for West Nile virus -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/8/08


• Ottawa reports first West Nile cases - Canoe CNews - cnews.canoe.ca on 8/7/2008
  West Carleton, Ontario, Canada, North America -- Two dead birds found in the region in recent days have tested positive for West Nile virus -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/8/08


• Fish disease spreading throughout Great Lakes - Lake County Journals - www.lakecountyjournals.com on 8/6/2008
  Lake County, Illinois, United States, North America -- Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia is a disease of fish caused by an aquatic virus previously unidentified in the Midwest. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/7/08


• Bluetongue vaccination 'vital' as disease spreads in France - Farmers Weekly Interactive - www.fwi.co.uk on 8/6/2008
  France, Europe -- Farmers have been urged to vaccinate their livestock against bluetongue as soon as possible after it emerged thousands of French farms have tested positive for the disease this summer. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/6/08


• Anthrax on Turner ranch prompts road closure - Bozeman Daily Chronicle - bozemandailychronicle.com on 8/6/2008
  Gallatin County, Montana, United States, North America -- A nine-mile stretch of Spanish Creek Road has been closed at the request of the Montana Department of Livestock after an outbreak of naturally-occurring anthrax that has killed approximately 80 domestic bison on Ted Turner?s Flying D Ranch. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/6/08


• Clark Island sea lion likely has brain damage from toxin - Bellingham Herald - www.bellinghamherald.com on 8/5/2008
  Clark Island, San Juan County, Washington, United States, North America -- A California Sea Lion that hauled itself onto a Ferndale family's boat off Clark Island Sunday, Aug. 3, is likely suffering the poisoning effects of a toxin found in algae, marine mammal rescuers say. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/6/08


• Bubonic Plague Reported in Western Nebraska - CBS Action 3 News - www.action3news.com on 8/5/2008
  Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States, North America -- A rare case of bubonic plague has been reported in Scotts Bluff County. A veterinarian diagnosed the plague in a cat. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/6/08


• Tests find record number of dead birds with West Nile - North County Times - www.nctimes.com on 8/5/2008
  San Diego County, California, United States, North America -- A record number of dead birds tested positive for West Nile virus in the latest round of San Diego County's weekly testing for the disease, officials said Tuesday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/6/08


• 'Sex link' to French oyster rout - BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk on 8/4/2008
  France, Europe -- Young French oysters have fallen prey to a killer virus because they have used up too much energy developing their sex organs, scientists believe. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/5/08


• Uxbridge West Nile case first for Durham this summer - Newsdurhamregion.com on 8/5/2008
  Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada, North America -- A dead crow found in Uxbridge has tested positive for West Nile virus. Since beginning its West Nile surveillance activities in May, the Region has sent 27 dead birds for testing. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/5/08


• Orca calf's carcass raises more pollution questions - Seattle Post Intelligencer - seattlepi.com on 8/4/2008
  San Juan Island, San Juan County, Washington, United States, North America -- The carcass of a prematurely born orca calf turned up on a beach in the San Juan Islands, raising further questions about the effects of industrial contaminants on local orcas' reproductive systems, researchers announced Monday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/5/08


• Concern as sperm whale turns up in firth - Inverness Courier - www.inverness-courier.co.uk on 8/5/2008
  Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe -- Marine conservationists and scientists were last night keeping watch on a sick sperm whale ? normally at home in the North Sea and deep waters off the west coast ? in shallow water near Avoch bay. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/5/08


• Camels Plagued by Parasites - Scientific American on 8/1/2008
  Iran, Asia -- . . . Nearly 84 percent of male camels in eastern Iran may be infected with helminths (parasitic worms) that can cripple reproduction and afflict other organs, the scientists report in the journal Parasitology Research. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/4/08


• Update: Dead fish found in creek - News Channel 15 WANE - www.wane.com on 8/30/2008
  Town Creek, Van Wert County, Ohio, United States, North America -- Officials may know what killed 8,000 fish in an Ohio Creek. The Van Wert Emergency Management Agency was contacted Monday by a homeowner who discovered dead fish floating in Town Creek north of the city of Van Wert. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/4/08


• Habor porpoises' deaths a mystery to wildlife experts - Mercury News - www.mercurynews.com on 8/3/2008
  San Mateo County, California, United States, North America -- A large number of dead harbor porpoises have been washing up on beaches in San Mateo County and elsewhere in the Bay Area this summer, and marine mammal experts are at a loss to explain what could be killing them. A total of 24 harbor porpoises "12 males, 9 females, and three still in utero" have been discovered by beachcombers since early June, according to the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito. More carcasses are likely to show up in August. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/4/08


• Dolphin lagoon deaths a mystery for feds - Florida Today - www.floridatoday.com on 8/2/2008
  Indian River Lagoon, Brevard County, Florida, United States, North America -- Federal officials have launched an investigation into what has killed at least 35 bottlenose dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon since early May. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/4/08


• Dolphin lagoon deaths a mystery for feds - Florida Today - www.floridatoday.com on 8/2/2008
  Indian River Lagoon, Volusia County, Florida, United States, North America -- Federal officials have launched an investigation into what has killed at least 35 bottlenose dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon since early May. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/4/08


• Have you seen any dead frogs in your garden? - Yourcanterbury.co.uk - www.yourcanterbury.co.uk on 8/3/2008
  England, United Kingdom, Europe -- Two lethal diseases are threatening to wipe out the entire amphibian population in Kent. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/4/08


• Bird flu explodes in southern province - VietNamNet Bridge on 8/1/2008
  Dong Nai, Vietnam, Asia -- Bird flu was discovered in a flock of 1,000 chickens in the southern province of Dong Thap on July 31, reported the Veterinary Agency. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/1/08


• Bird flu explodes in southern province - VietNamNet Bridge on 8/1/2008
  Nghe An, Vietnam, Asia -- Bird flu was discovered in a flock of 1,000 chickens in the southern province of Dong Thap on July 31, reported the Veterinary Agency. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/1/08


• Bat Found In Naperville Was Rabid - WBBM - www.wbbm780.com on 7/31/2008
  Naperville, Williamson County, Illinois, United States, North America -- A bat found on a Naperville front porch represents Will County?s second confirmed case of animal rabies for 2008. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/1/08


• Dead crow tests positive for West Nile - My Kawartha - www.mykawartha.com on 8/1/2008
  Ontario, Canada, North America -- A dead crow has tested positive for the West Nile Virus. In a statement released this morning (Friday), the local health unit says the bird was found in Buckhorn on July 24. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 8/1/08


• Chick die-off reported at pelican colony - Bismarck Tribune - www.bismarcktribune.com on 7/30/2008
  Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Stutsman County, North Dakota, United States, North America -- The manager of the Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge says the pelican colony at the refuge lost a majority of its young this year because of cold, wet weather. "They are born naked and don't have a lot of protective covering on them," Natoma Buskness said. She has no exact count of the number of chicks that died. "It's difficult to get a full number, but it was a hard hit for the colony this year," she said. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/31/08


• 7 ducks found dead, but cause a mystery - Boston Globe - www.boston.com/news on 7/31/2008
  Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, North America -- Lowell officials have been unable to determine what killed at least seven ducks that washed ashore along a 1-mile stretch of the Merrimack River, after ruling out an initial theory that humans were responsible. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/31/08


• Porpoise latest marine stranding - BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk on 7/31/2008
  Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe -- . . .The latest incident was a dead porpoise, washed ashore on Tyrella beach in County Down on Sunday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/31/08


• Penguins wash up closer to equator in Brazil - YahooNews - news.yahoo.com on 7/30/2008
  Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, South America -- Penguins from frigid waters near the bottom of the world are washing up closer to the equator than ever before, Brazilian wildlife authorities said Wednesday. Adelson Cerqueira Silva of the federal environmental agency said that about 300 penguins have been found dead or alive in recent days along the coast of Bahia state, better known for sunbathers in bikinis than for seabirds native to Antarctica and Patagonia. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/31/08


• Lenoir sees first confirmed rabies case of 2008 - ENC Today.com - www.enctoday.com on 7/28/2008
  Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States, North America -- A raccoon killed by two local dogs last week has tested positive for rabies, county officials reported Monday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/30/08


• Plague, wildlife, human exposure - Russia (Siberia) - ProMED Mail - www.promedmail.org on 7/30/2008
  Russia, Asia -- A 13-year-old Siberian boy has been hospitalized after catching a plague-infected ground squirrel and bringing it home, Russia's top sanitary official said on Thursday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/30/08


• Mysterious disease killing Newfoundland moose - Telegraph-Journal - telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com on 7/30/2008
  Newfoundland, Canada, North America -- A mysterious disease that has killed a number of moose on Newfoundland's northern peninsula has left provincial wildlife experts in that province scratching their heads. It's unclear how many moose have been lost due to the illness that causes the animals to literally waste away, become walking skeletons and then die. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/30/08


• Wildlife so far largely safe from Mississippi River oil spill - San Francisco Chronicle - www.sfgate.com on 7/27/2008
  Louisiana, United States, North America -- . . . A tanker and a barge collided early Wednesday, spilling about 419,000 gallons of fuel oil from the barge, closing the river from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico and temporarily blocking passage by about 200 oil supertankers, grain barges and other vessels. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/29/08


• Rarely seen beaked whale dies on Molokai - KHON News - www.khon2.com on 7/28/2008
  Molokai, Kauai County, Hawaii, United States, North America -- A rarely seen sea mammal beached itself on Molokai today. Residents and visitors made numerous attempts to save the beaked whale, but late this afternoon, the animal had to be euthanized -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/29/08


• Alaska investigators find caribou slaughter scene - Guardian Unlimited - www.guardian.co.uk on 7/29/2008
  Point Hope, North Slope County, Alaska, United States, North America -- Investigators arriving at the scene found 120 caribou carcasses scattered along a 40-mile trail (64 kilometres) about 25 miles east of Point Hope, Alaska, prompting them to call the killings "by far the worst case of blatant waste" they have ever seen, according to a trooper representative. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/29/08


• Mexico finds dozens of dead sea turtles - YahooNews - news.yahoo.com on 7/26/2008
  Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, North America -- Environmental officials in Mexico say dozens of dead sea turtles apparently killed in fishing nets have washed up on beaches in recent days. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/28/08


• Ducks Died from Botulism at the Capitol - Audubon Society of the District of Columbia - www.dcaudubon.org on 7/27/2008
  Capitol Reflecting Pool, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia, United States, North America -- A few weeks ago, a couple dozen ducks died in the Capitol Reflecting Pool. At the time, police searched the area for weapons of mass destruction and then sent the ducks for testing. Yesterday, another flock of ducks died at the same location. This time, it turns out that the 24 mallards died of avian botulism. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/28/08


• Hundreds Of Fish Dead In Tamarac - NBC6.net - www.nbc6.net on 7/27/2008
  Tamarac, Broward County, Florida, United States, North America -- What's wrong with the water? Wildlife officials are trying to figure that out after hundreds of fish turned up dead in a neighborhood canal on Northwest 83rd Way in Tamarac. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/28/08


• Rains help virus move - Worchester Telegram & Gazette - www.telegram.com on 7/28/2008
  Massachusetts, United States, North America -- . . . No human cases have been reported in Massachusetts yet, and so far only mosquitoes and three birds have tested positive for the virus in the state. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/28/08


• Yellow fever - South America (29): Brazil (SP), monkeys, susp. - ProMED Mail - www.promedmail.org on 7/15/2008
  Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America -- Ribeirao Preto has recorded 14 dead monkeys already this year [2008]. The last occurrence was on Monday (14 [Jul 2008]), in Recanto Princess Elizabeth, in Chacara das Palmeiras. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/28/08


• Crews spray for plague-carrying fleas - Pueblo Chieftain - www.chieftain.com on 7/26/2008
  Pueblo West, Pueblo County, Colorado, United States, North America -- A dead rabbit that tested positive for plague was found near Paradise Drive and Platteville Boulevard in Pueblo West. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/28/08


• Probe as 1,000 fish die in brook - BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk on 7/26/2008
  Rhayader, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe -- The cause of the death of nearly 1,000 young salmon and trout fry in a tributary of the River Wye in Powys is being investigated. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/28/08


• Results in from Lake Bonney fish kill - ABC News - www.abc.net.au on 7/24/2008
  Barmera, South Australia, Australia, Australia -- An investigation into the deaths of hundreds of bony bream fish found dead at Lake Bonney at Barmera in South Australia has returned an inconclusive result. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/25/08


• Dead Cat to Be Examined for Bird Flu - The Korea Times - www.koreatimes.co.kr on 7/24/2008
  South Korea, Asia -- Quarantine authorities are examining a cat to discover whether it was infected with the highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza that swept the country in April. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/25/08


• DEC investigates bat deaths - Putnam County Courier - www.zwire.com on 7/24/2008
  New York, United States, North America -- Thousands of bats are dying throughout the region from unknown causes, prompting an investigation by the State Department of Environmental Conservation. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/24/08


• West Nile virus found in Bird Rock crow - La Jolla Light - www.lajollalight.com on 7/23/2008
  San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States, North America -- The West Nile virus, a disease found in birds that via mosquitoes can transfer to humans, was recently found in a dead crow in the Bird Rock area. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/24/08


• Wildlife officials in N.S. dealing with distemper outbreak in raccoons - Halifax Herald - thechronicleherald.ca on 7/22/2008
  Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America -- The Amherst area is being overrun with sick raccoons as the result of a distemper outbreak. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/24/08


• Region's birds succumbing to parasite infection - Reno Gazette-Journal - www.rgj.com on 7/23/2007
  Nevada, United States, North America -- Birds are under attack by a parasite and dropping dead around the region, wildlife officials said Tuesday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/24/08


• West Nile Virus detected in Nevada - KRNV News - www.krnv.com on 7/22/2008
  Nevada, United States, North America -- The first positive samples in Nevada for West Nile Virus were detected yesterday. The Nevada Department of Agriculture's Animal Disease and Food Safety Laboratory found two positive mosquito pool samples from Lovelock in Pershing County. Since February of this year, 931 samples from 16 counties have been submitted to the laboratory. Of those, 912 mosquito pools, 16 bird and three horse samples have all been negative. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/23/08


• Unusual TB outbreak is confirmed among goats - Wales Online - www.walesonline.co.uk on 7/23/2008
  Wales, United Kingdom, Europe -- AN UNUSUAL outbreak of bovine TB has been confirmed in a herd of goats in Carmarthenshire. The outbreak is the first of its kind in Wales, but no further details have been released. Checks are now being made on other herds in the bTB hotspot area of West Wales and the Goat Veterinary Society has alerted its members. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/23/08


• Bovine tuberculosis in wildlife threatens endangered lynx and cattle health - EurekAlert - www.eurekalert.org on 7/22/2008
  Spain, Europe -- In an epidemiological survey of Spain's Doñana National Park, the findings of which are published on July 23 in the journal PLoS ONE, Christian Gortázar and colleagues studied the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) infection among populations of wild boar, red deer and fallow deer in the national park, which is located in southern Spain. The researchers suggest that the results can be used to investigate bovine TB transmission dynamics between and within each species and to extrapolate the implications for spill-over to domestic cattle and wildlife management policies. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/23/08


• Bird disease affecting doves, pigeons, in Nevada - KTVN News - www.ktvn.com on 7/22/2008
  Washoe County, Nevada, United States, North America -- Nevada wildlife and health officials say doves and pigeons in the Reno-Sparks area are being affected by disease. Officials have received reports of at least 20 dead and dying doves and pigeons in the past week. Experts say an investigation shows the birds are infected with an avian parasite (called trichomoniasis). It does not pose a threat to humans, but can infect other birds such as raptors, caged bird and domestic turkeys and chickens. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/23/08


• Wild bird die-off probably not caused by humans - Star Tribune - www.startribune.com on 7/23/2008
  Minnesota, United States, North America -- Human activity is probably not to blame for the deaths of hundreds of double-crested cormorants, a few dozen American white pelicans and a few other water birds that were discovered at two lakes in Minnesota, a leading state expert said Tuesday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/23/08


• Outbreak Of Plague In South Dakota Leads To Vaccines For Black-footed Ferrets - ScienceDaily - www.sciencedaily.com on 7/22/2008
  South Dakota, United States, North America -- Endangered black-footed ferrets, like children, aren't exactly lining up to be stuck with a vaccine, but in an effort to help control an extensive outbreak of plague in South Dakota, some of the ferrets are getting dosed with a vaccine given by biologists. This is the first time the vaccine has been used during a major plague epizootic?an animal version of a human epidemic. Sylvatic plague is an infectious bacterial disease usually transmitted from animal to animal by fleas. This exotic disease is usually deadly for black-footed ferrets and their primary prey, prairie dogs. Black-footed ferrets are one of the rarest mammals in North America. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/23/08


• Great white shark washes up in Madaket - Inquirer and Mirror - www.ack.net on 7/21/2008
  Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States, North America -- Martha's Vineyard may have shark sightings, but Nantucket now has the real thing. A great white shark washed ashore Monday on a beach near Sheep Pond Road on the western end of the island. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/21/08


• Rescued sea lion gravely ill - Mercury News - www.mercurynews.com on 7/19/2008
  Marin County, California, United States, North America -- After San Tomas was stranded in the shallow concrete-lined channel, veterinarians suspected she might be suffering from chronic domoic acid poisoning, a disease that can cause mental confusion and disorientation. Domoic acid is a neurotoxin that builds up after toxic algal blooms, and mammals such as sea lions accumulate the compound after eating contaminated fish. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/21/08


• Three elephants poisoned to death - Times of India - timesofindia.indiatimes.com on 7/20/2008
  Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal, India, Asia -- A day after two elephants were found dead in Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, another calf's carcass was discovered by forest officials near Khuklan forest village on Saturday morning. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/21/08


• DEC Investigating Fish And Mudpuppy Die-Off On Lake Erie Shore [Press Release] - ReadMediaNews - readme.readmedia.com on 7/18/2008
  Erie County, New York, United States, North America -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is investigating the deaths of mudpuppies and fish washing up on the shore of Lake Erie. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/21/08


• Dead Baby Penguins Wash Ashore by the Hundreds - DiscoveryNews - dsc.discovery.com/news on 7/18/2008
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America -- Hundreds of baby penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches, rescuers and penguin experts said Friday. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/21/08


• Bats dying off across western Maine - Sun Journal - www.sunjournal.com on 7/19/2008
  Maine, United States, North America -- . . . Jakubas said people across western Maine contacted him this month to say they'd found bats dying outside their homes. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/21/08


• Carp dieoff nearing end: ministry - Yorkregion.com - www.yorkregion.com on 7/17/2008
  York County, Pennsylvania, United States, North America -- The mass carp dieoff in Lake Simcoe has run its course, Ministry of Natural Resources sources said. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/18/08


• Vaccinated chickens in Vietnam die of bird flu - Earth Times - www.earthtimes.org on 7/17/2008
  Tan Lan, Long An, Vietnam, Asia -- Hundreds of chickens at a poultry farm in southern Vietnam died of avian influenza even though the owner of the farm reported the birds were vaccinated against the disease, an official said Thursday -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/17/08


• Invasive alga Didymo found in Mad River - Times Argus - timesargus.co on 7/13/2008
  Mad River, Washington County, Vermont, United States, North America -- Didymo, the troublesome, invasive freshwater alga, has been found in the Mad River. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/15/08


• Zebra and quagga mussel plague spreads nationwide - Mlive.com: Kalamazoo Gazette - blog.mlive.com/kzgazette on 7/15/2008
  United States, North America -- Lake Erie's zebra and quagga mussel plague has gone nationwide. An outbreak of the invasive aquatic mollusks is worsening in the upper Great Lakes where the population has tripled in the last three years as the species adapts to colder, deeper waters. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/15/08


• Efforts on 2 Fronts to Save a Population of Ferrets - New York Times - www.nytimes.com on 7/15/2008
  Buffalo Gap National Grassland, Fall River County, South Dakota, United States, North America -- A colony that contains nearly half of the black-footed ferrets in the country and which biologists say is critical to the long-term health of the species has been struck by plague, which may have killed a third of the 300 animals. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/15/08


• Sewage blamed for fish deaths - Gulf Daily News - www.gulf-daily-news.com on 7/11/2008
  Bahrain, Asia -- ILLEGALLY-dumped sewage is being blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish off Bahrain. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/14/08


• What's killing carp? - Georgina Advocate - www.georginaadvocate.com on 7/9/2008
  Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, North America -- The ongoing mass carp die off in Lake Simcoe isnâ??t the first one. Lloyd Crate, of Crateâ??s Marina in Keswick recalled a similar incident in the early 1930s. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/14/08


• South Africa's Mystery Croc Die Off Continues - Ohmy News - english.ohmynews.com on 7/11/2008
  Olifants River, Kruger National Park, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa -- Something very strange is happening in a favorite crocodile haunt, the Olifants Gorge, in South Africa's Kruger National Park. Crocodiles are dying en masse, and a local television documentary has showed, recently, the many carcasses floating in the river or lying dead in the sun on the river bank. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/14/08


• Bird flu occurs in Tra Vinh - Nhan Dan - wwwnhandan.com on 7/7/2008
  Cang Long District, Tra Vinh, Vietnam, Asia -- Bird flu has occurred in Tra Vinh province, announced the Veterinary Department. The department said that ducks died in Phuong Thach commune, Cang Long district, Tra Vinh province, from June 24. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/11/08


• Downtown falcon chicks' deaths linked to bacteria - Seattle Times - seattletimes.nwsource.com on 7/8/2008
  Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North America -- A bacterial infection killed the baby peregrine falcons that hatched atop the Washington Mutual Tower in downtown Seattle during the spring. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/9/08


• Corals, Already in Danger, Are Facing New Threat From Farmed Algae - New York Times - www.nytimes.com on 7/8/2008
  Kiribati, Kiribati, Oceania -- Off the palm-fringed white beach of this remote Pacific atoll, the view underwater is downright scary. Corals are being covered and smothered to death by a bushy seaweed that is so tough even algae-grazing fish avoid it. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/8/08


• Sick Salmon: More Alaskan salmon are being found to be diseased, unusable - Winston-Salem Journal - www2.journalnow.com on 7/8/2008
  Alaska, United States, North America -- . . . More Alaskan salmon caught here end up in the dog pot these days, their orange-pink flesh fouled by disease that scientists have correlated with warmer water in the Yukon River. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/8/08


• Killer wildlife disease on the prowl? - Newindpress.com - www.newindpress.com on 7/7/2008
  Singur, West Bengal, India, Asia -- Has the fatal canine distemper spreading in the forests here and taking the toll of carnivores? This was the question raised by wildlife activists as the death of a wild dog at Singur Reserve Forest(SRF) near here caused flutters here. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/7/08


• Avian Malaria found in Galapagos Penguins - UNESCO World Heritage Centre - whc.unesco.org on 7/4/2008
  Galapagos, Ecuador, South America -- On July 1st the Galapagos National Park announced that the parasite causing avian malaria was found in several Galapagos penguins by researchers studying the presence and distribution of diseases in Galapagos birds. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/7/08


• Rodent plague threatens ferrets - Argus Leader - www.argusleader.com on 7/7/2008
  South Dakota, United States, North America -- The area of plague-infected black-tailed prairie dogs has more than doubled in western South Dakota since mid-May, and the disease could begin to seriously hurt the state's population of endangered black-footed ferrets. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/7/08


• AIDS-like virus threatens Qld koalas - Donnybrook-Bridgetown Mail - bridgetown.yourguide.com.au on 7/4/2008
  Queensland, Australia, Australia -- Koalas across Queensland are dying from the spread of an AIDS-like virus which weakens their immune system, and could become extinct within 15 years, a leading researcher says. ''We're seeing a 100 per cent infection rate in the populations we're studying. -- Added to the WDIN News Digest on 7/7/08