MASS MAMMAL DIE-OFF: Disaster Precursors Warning From Mother Nature To The Vatican - 165 Turtles Have Washed Ashore Dead During The Past Month On The Northeast Coast Of Italy?!

November 20, 2013 - ITALY - In the northern Adriatic is a real massacre. Cause? Mystery. About 165 turtles (of which 15 in the last twenty-four hours) death came in bunches in a short time on the beaches of Emilia Romagna and Friuli , and yet the turtles Caretta caretta are solitary animals, as well as rare and ultra protected. No turtle ( as far as we know ) was found on the beaches of Veneto, no in Slovenia and Croatia. Probably winds and currents have concentrated on limited portions of carcasses coast. The explanations are various and opposite. The phenomenon is so severe that a little while ago ARPA Emilia Romagna has issued a press release.

At the press of ARPA Emilia must be the only attempt to put some order in numbers : from October were a total of 35 turtles stranded in Friuli (especially in the Lagoon of Marano) and about 130 in Emilia Romagna. It' an "abnormal event" because the carcasses are concentrated in small areas and are far, far more in number than the norm. You can not say that the phenomenon has ended.

In fact (and here I am speaking) the turtles are coming to shore in a macabre death almost "growing" Rossini. The phenomenon has emerged for the first time early in the month: the foundation Cetacea spoke of 51 turtles found dead between 3 and 15 October in Emilia Romagna, in the area between Cervia and Ferrara ( in 12 days one-third of the specimens normally found dead in a year), and the animals had "fractures and bruises" such as to suggest that they had been dragged and tossed fishing nets (then just re-opened after the closed season) and then thrown overboard, dead or dying, fishermen .

Follows news (October 31) of 12 turtles found dead on the beaches of Grado, Friuli: Because hypothesized, the underwater explosion caused by hydrocarbon exploration. A few days off and 12 November Rimini News announces 32 turtles that are stranded in a few hours in one day yesterday , then , two dolphins and a turtle in Bibione and two turtles in the area of Ravenna, with a total budget rose to 150 animals (today they were joined by 15) and a summit Institute of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Padua excluded poisoning or various chemical agents , the main hypothesis becomes that of the virus or bacterium ("the only thing that is repeated on several turtles found bleeding is the pectoral muscles and a sterile gut") which is apparently undisputed that the turtles died as suddenly and until recently before were in good health.

L'Arpa Emilia Romagna today calls into question instead of new fishing nets: "Therefore, there remains the possibility that the main cause is related to fishing with bottom trawls is exercised by the method to 'tartan' than with 'flying'. The capture is not intended to be considered in all cases accidental. To substantiate this hypothesis are the reports of the Zooprofilattico of Ferrara and Bologna University (Veterinary Medicine) that show in the specimens examined edema, limb fractures, injuries to the neck." That is pretty much it was back to the starting point and the first explanation, in chronological order, the date on memory.

I'm no vet, but the two explanations appear to be really difficult to reconcile: either the turtles were in good health except for the bleeding of the pectoral muscles and the "sterile gut" (known in simpler words, poor intestinal flora ) or were all fractured and sbatacchiate from the nets of fishing boats. The fact remains that the turtles are dying in bunches and that the Caretta caretta are rare and protected. In the northern Adriatic, undoubtedly, there is something wrong. - Blogeko. [Translated]

MASS MAMMAL DIE-OFF: Experts Are Worried Over The Appearance Of 35 Dead Turtles Washed Ashore Off The Northeast Coast Of Italy?!

November 12, 2013 - ITALY - It is becoming truly amazing and is growing almost exponentially the mortality of turtles, many also large, who ended up stranded in Grado within a few days.

Until yesterday, the total number has reached 35 units, but probably there are still others that have not yet been identified or that the sirocco wind is carrying earth in those days.

Only between Friday and yesterday have been found, in fact, five more, some Pineta to the other along the beach up to the main bag.

The situation is becoming really worrying at the time but no one has yet managed to establish what was the cause of the deaths, although the hypothesis that is the most popular is that of food poisoning.

The first indication of the number of turtles found (thirty) has emerged in the course of a meeting that took place in recent days to the Office circondariale sea of ​​Grado, commanded by Lieutenant Ottavio Cilio.

It was a meeting which was attended by all the entities involved in the problem. On the contents of the reserve is maintained, pending the publication of a press which will be released in the coming days.

It is known only that the meeting was attended by all relevant bodies, technicians ARPA, the experts of the reserve of Miramare, the OGS of Trieste, by the company health for Civil Protection, the City Council, veterinary services, the regional managers of the Ministry of the Environment and others, including experts from various institutes also the Veneto region.

Until last week, were given to some 14 finds. In fact, after it emerged that a further ten of these reptiles was over beached on the Tour d'Orio and others in the area of ​​Fossalon.

The meeting, therefore, served to take stock of the situation, though, as we saw with the findings of these last days, will have to be updated.

A meeting still important, especially to see if the first investigations carried out on dead animals have yielded some results.

But this fundamental aspect has not yet been clarified. To understand what might have happened will have to await the results of the analysis of the drawings made.

An important consideration is that, in broad terms, rejected the hypothesis of pollution, because in that case you would almost certainly occurred even a die-off of fish that instead it looks like there has not been.

Almost certainly the plague took place at a precise point, but not yet determine, perhaps not even in Italian territorial waters.

The strong wave motion caused by several days when the south wind blew in an intense, he then meant that the tortoises were transported up on the beaches of Grado. - Il Piccolo. [Translated]

MASS MAMMAL DIE-OFF: Mass Die-Off Of Turtles Off The Coast Of Guanacaste, Costa Rica?!

November 07, 2013 - COSTA RICA - Alejandro Masis Cuevillas, Regional Director of the Regional Directorate of the Guanacaste Conservation Area (ACG) confirmed the mass killing of turtles in the North Pacific.

"Through a journey made in the area - attended the biologist Luis Fonseca Widcast organization, National Technical University, National Animal Health Service and Coast Guard and the Costa Rican Institute of Fisheries and Agriculture, an amount determined important and significant of dead turtles, "said Mr. Masis.

Also fishermen in the area also confirmed the presence of dead or dying turtles on beaches.

Biologists suggest that turtles were not to shore but were swept away by currents, even though the area where they were, are places of the turtle nesting.

As stated by Mr. Masis, "individuals took samples to laboratories in San Jose to determine if there is any indication of toxicity associated with death." "At the moment there is no clear cause of death associated with massive," said the principal. - Teletica. [Translated]

MASS ANIMAL DIE-OFF: Thousands of Dead Turtles Wash Ashore on Paradip Sea Beach in India?!

December 18, 2012 - INDIA - Shocking news from Paradip at the Coastal belt of Odisha (Bay of Bengal). Since last week thousands of turtles were found dead on the shoreline.

Nature Drive NDTI is planning to bury the dead tortoises on Wednesday in the sand at the beaches. We will send two of these tortoises to the laboratory for further investigation to find the cause of their death. On first sight it seems to be caused by unhealthy water condition like increased acid levels rather than fishing activities. Whatever the reason for this massive death might be, it is very sad news for animal lovers. - NSEP.