November 17, 2014 - EARTH - The following constitutes the latest reports
of unusual and symbolic animal behavior, mass die-offs, beaching and
stranding of mammals, and the appearance of rare creatures.
Fish kill found in a canal in Medicina, Bologna, Italy
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| A number of dead fish floating in the canal. Tests of the water will clarify the causes of the sudden die-off |
Medicine, fish deaths in the channel: the water samples taken in the area
A
sudden fish kill was spotted yesterday in medicine. As a Channel, at
number 2169, some citizens had gathered to observe the number of dead
fish were floating on the surface of the channel adjacent to the road.
Have
taken place on the Police of the trend of Medicine, together with the
Municipal Police, the staff of the consortium of Reclamation Rhine and
the Regional Agency for the Prevention and the Environment of the
Emilia-Romagna region.
There have been a number of water samples in the affected area, to shed light on the causes of the incident. -
Bologna Today.
Hundreds of dead fish found in a stream in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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| Live fish have accumulated on the surface of the water in search of oxygen (Photo: Paulo Souza / EPTV) |
Hundreds of fish were found dead on Wednesday (12) in the stream Retiro Homesick in Ribeirão Preto (SP).
According technicians Environmental Company of the State of São Paulo
(Cetesb), the animals died due to low oxygen in the water caused by
environmental factors and by leakage of sewage on site.
The fish were retained in a containment dam at Avenida Maurilio Biagi, near a university. Because of difficulty breathing, several tilapia focused on the surface of the stream.
Alerted to the situation, Cetesb visited the site to assess water conditions and determine the causes of mortality. According to the environmental technician Sebastian Bonadio, it was found that there is almost no oxygen in the water. "We have been assessing the condition of the water and realized that I was almost done the amount of oxygen. Below one milligram of oxygen per liter.
The ideal for this type of stream is that the level is between three
and five milligrams for there living conditions, "he explains.
Also according Bonadio, the situation was the result of high
temperatures, heavy rains caused debris from the river bottom ascend to
the surface, and the presence of micronutrients due to leakage of
sewage. "With this temperature and the possibility of rain, will improve the situation, because it will clean that water. But there is a possibility of further deaths occur until the situation is normalized, "he says.
The technicians asked the Department of Water and Wastewater (Daerp) that corrections are made on the network.
By phone, the Daerp said an engineer was sent to the site to do an inspection on the spot.
Cetesb asked the Department of Environment to make the removal of dead fish and are taken to a landfill.
In a statement, Hall said the Coordination of Urban Cleaning will clean up Friday (14). -
Globo. [Translated]
Burnley teen narrowly cheats death after family dog attacks, UK
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| Never more appropriate? |
A Burnley schoolgirl cheated death after being bitten by the family dog - narrowly missing one of her main arteries.
The 14-year-old was at home in Harling Street when the Staffordshire bull terrier attacked.
It sunk its teeth into her groin area, missing her femoral artery by
millimetres. The dog was expected to be put down following the attack.
Both the teenager and her father were taken to hospital following the tea-time incident but escaped major harm, police said.
A spokesman for Lancashire Police said officers were called to reports of two people being bitten.
He said: "The father of the girl restrained the dog. We were called by
the ambulance service, and sent a dog patrol officer with a dog pole.
"We took the dog and it is now in a kennel, and will likely be destroyed."
The dog is not believed to have attacked anybody before, he added.
The Lancashire Telegraph's health expert, Dr Tom Smith, said: "You have got to stop the bleeding very quickly because you can bleed to death if the femoral artery is severed.
"The girl could have bled to death within five minutes or so. It's much more difficult to stop the bleeding if the artery is severed at the groin because you can't put a tourniquet there, you have to jam your fist in the wound and keep it there until you get to hospital.
"Luckily the dog missed the artery, because you have five minutes and that's it."
A spokesman for the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) said both an ambulance and a rapid response car were sent to the family home, taking 19 minutes to arrive on scene at around 4.45pm on Wednesday..
He said: "We attended to two patients and both were taken in the same ambulance to Royal Blackburn Hospital."
The NWAS spokesman would not provide details of the injuries, but said he did not believe them to be serious.
Staffordshire bull terriers are stocky, muscular dogs, similar in appearance to American Staffordshire terries and American pit bull terriers.
Speaking in September, when the RSPCA urged pet lovers to look at rehoming one of the dogs, chief vet Mark Evans said: "Staffies have a terrible press but this is not of their own making. In fact, they're wonderful dogs. They can make brilliant companions." -
Lancashire Telegraph.
Another toddler savaged: One-year-old boy attacked by Labrador at park in French Valley, California
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The family of a 1-year-old boy who was attacked by
a dog in Riverside County on Nov. 14, 2014, provided this photo.
In it
the boy is seen at a Riverside County hospital with his father. |
A
six-year-old Labrador mix was impounded from a residence in
unincorporated French Valley today, in connection with a dog attack that
left a one-year-old boy with severe injuries to his face, authorities
said.
The boy, a month shy of his second birthday, remains
hospitalized after being bitten as he played near his mother and a
friend at Primrose Park on Cloche Drive, sometime after 3 p.m. Friday.
A witness initially reported the unattended dog might be a Rottweiler,
but today the mother's friend pointed out the animal to Riverside County
Animal Services Sgt. Lesley Huennekens, who is investigating the
incident. The dog, Dexter, which was properly licensed, vaccinated for
rabies, neutered and micro- chipped, was taken into custody about 3 p.m.
from a home on Starkey Court, animal control officials said.
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Riverside County Animal Services provided this
photo of Dexter,
a 6-year-old Labrador mix, that was impounded after
allegedly attacking a boy on Nov. 14, 2014. |
Authorities have not named the tot, but ABC7 identified the victim as
Kaidyn Sutton, and quoted the victim's mother, Michaela, as saying the
dog had bitten him on the forehead and the cheek.
Sutton told the television station the dog did not appear to have a collar or leash.
"Both the mother and the friend were close by when they heard the boy screaming," Huennekens said in a news release.
"We have been told that the dog seemingly came out of nowhere when the child was attacked.
"The friend reportedly helped grab the dog away from the child. The
boy's mother picked up her son and ran to her car and headed straight to
a nearby hospital."
Dexter is being held at the San Jacinto
Valley Animal Campus until a hearing to determine if the dog is safe
enough to return to its owner.
Animal Services officials said they have no record of prior attacks involving Dexter.
Animal Services will make a recommendation about whether the dog poses a
danger, and an independent hearing officer will review evidence and
ultimately decide whether Dexter should be destroyed. -
Redlands Daily Facts.
Yet another dog attack: Toddler mauled by family's bullmastif
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Ollie Cummings suffered bite marks and a
deep cut across his face |
A
two-year-old boy suffered horrific facial injuries when he was mauled
by a family's pet bullmastiff as he played in the kitchen of his
mother's boyfriend's home.
Ollie Cummings was standing next to the dog as it was eating when it suddenly turned and began biting his head.
The toddler was left with a deep cut across his face and has undergone surgery to rebuild a section of his nose.
His mother, Natasha Wilson, 25, snatched her son from the dog's teeth
before calling an ambulance to the Dundee home on Friday night.
The two-year-old was taken to Ninewells Hospital where he underwent a
two-hour operation. He will need further surgery when he is nine or 10
years old.
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| Savage: Ollie was mauled by a bullmastiff while at his mother's boyfriend's house. |
Speaking from hospital, Ollie's grandmother, Debs
Martin, 48, said: 'Ollie had been playing with some keys, walking from
one door to another pretending to lock and unlock them.
'It
all happened so fast. We're not sure if he maybe dropped the keys next
to the dog. There are teeth marks on his head and a large cut from his
nose to near his eye.
'His nose is being rebuilt. The doctors say that is a clean cut. The biggest worry is preventing infection.'
She said that her grandson, who celebrates his third birthday on November 23, was used to being around the dog.
She added: 'He's not been fazed or scared by what happened. The dog was
taken straight to kennels by its owner who is adamant it will be put
down.
'He and Natasha are shocked and upset.'
A Police Scotland spokesman said: 'We are unable to comment at this time.' -
Daily Mail.
Thousands of dead fish found in Bolaang Mongondow, Indonesia
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DEAD FISH - A number of fish died due to drought in Burikan Sumberadi Mlati, Sleman used to feed the fish as in
Mina creel fish farmer groups that exist in that area. TRIBUN JOGJA |
Demo residents around the mine that most of the District of East Pinolosian urged the mine site closure J Resources Bolaang Mongondow . The reason, they suspect thousands of fish in Dumagin poisoning, the impact of the mine on Thursday (11/13/2014).
Demonstrators suspected fish poisoning and death, the result of the presence of mines in the area. Massa came aboard several trucks, pickups and motorcycles gather and stop the vehicle in the village of Sondana.
From there, the people who accompanied the activists of the National
Students League of Democracy (LMND) walk to the office of the House of
Representatives districts Mongondow Bolaang South carrying a dead fish sample. In front of the gate, they were stopped by the police led by Police Chief Bolaang Uki, Commissioner Brammy Tamalihis.
Not allowed to enter more than ten people, the masses move forward. Seeing the situation as less probable Brammy told its members to close the gate. But it turns out, the gate was not able to hold hundreds of people were surging forward.
Massa managed to slightly soothed by members of the police and Peter Keni, Member of Parliament Bolsel. Keni is an electoral district legislator East Pinolosian it repeatedly was in front appease the masses.
Finally, some representative mass led Potabuga Parindo Field
Coordinator, met with six members of parliament Bolsel waiting in the
conference room Consultative Body.
Some legislators who host Bolsel demonstrators, among others, Abdul
Razak Bunsal (ARB), Deputy Chairman of the Parliament Bolsel, Fadli
Toliabu, Deputy Chairman of the Parliament Bolsel, Mohammad Sukri Adam,
Honorary Chairman of the Board, Ruslan Paputungan, Chairman of
Commission I, Smith Hamid Chairman of Commission II , and Peter Keni,
Bolsel other legislators.
ARB who chaired the meeting said the law firm and the environmental agency has been present in North Sulawesi Province Bolsel. BLH, said ARB, using sophisticated equipment to test water samples.
"They will take samples at all points. The taking of samples they were competent for it," he said.
If it is proven, the ARB said, there will be an open meeting.
In it, the results will be announced to the public. "But this
aspiration of our capacity in advance. It will be followed," he said.
Parindo, coordinator Demo indirectly follow the words of the ARB. He questioned the Chairman of the Parliament Bolsel promise, Marsel Aliu during a meeting at the mine site J Resources Bolaang Mongondow . Aliu, said Parindo promised to collect 20 Bolsel legislators, local government and the mining company. "He said on Thursday. But they do not exist," he said.
Fadli Toliabu should justify all the council members present. But some of the other members are called provinces to consult there.
"I got this information BLH eight hours have gone down. We were
planning to form a team in both the executive and the legislature. But
not today. We actually still outside the task. For closure, any
recommendations are not excluded," he said.
Parindo again voiced that the mine was shut down temporarily until the investigation obtain definitive results. "The council must issue a closure recommendation. But this is not kourum," he said. - Tribun News. [Translated]
