[Mike]

from rocky – 03/14/2007

Oh my gosh Kimi! I saw that footage this morning on the news! Couldn’t believe my eyes! I have to hand it to the animal activists in CA though, they’ve been fighting this for a long time. And your right, the sonar is driving them mad! ~Rocky’)

[Mike]

from Kimi Hurst – 03/14/2007

Not only beached Rocky, but here in Santa Barbara a whale jumped on a guys boat, intentionally going back 3 times – it is making them go nuts!
Kimi

[Mike]

from bridget – 03/13/2007
Mysterious Duck Deaths Spread
Dead Ducks Turn Up In Several Wastewater Treatment Plants

POSTED: 4:21 pm MST February 16, 2007
UPDATED: 5:59 pm MST February 16, 2007

DENVER — The number of mysterious duck deaths is higher and more widespread than first thought and the problem is not just limited to the Metro wastewater treatment plant, 7NEWS first reported.

A document from the Colorado Department of Health shows that not only have dead ducks turned up at the metro Denver plant, but also along the South Platte River. Wastewater treatment plants in Thornton, South Adams County, Westminster, Northglenn, and Littleton-Englewood have also reported a higher than normal number of duck deaths.

Dead ducks have also been found at the Sunfish Lake near The Breakers apartments in Denver, officials said.

But at this point, nobody knows why.

"No one remembers ducks dying in these kinds of numbers," said Steve Frank with Metro Wastewater District.

The problem first showed up at the Metro wastewater treatment plant. Employees found more than 400 ducks dying from hypothermia but don’t know what caused it. Plant operators have scrambled to figure out why and have come up empty.

"Right now, we haven’t found anything different in the water now as opposed to years past," Frank said.

Crews have taken the surviving ducks to rehabilitation facilities around the state. Since no one knows why the ducks are getting sick, treatment is limited.

"We just give them things to help flush out what is new in their systems because wildlife are involved with a lot of environmental toxins," said Annette Archambeau, with Archway Wildlife Rehabilitation.

Scientists have ruled out avian flu and avian cholera and state health officials said the deaths may have nothing to with the treatments plants.

The Colorado Department of Wildlife said its veterinarians have not been able to identify what’s causing the Northern Shoveler to die.

"Histology from the birds shows no clinical signs of disease. There are no conclusive test results pointing to the cause. Additional tests are being conducted at United States Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) labs in Ashland, Ore., and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) labs in Madison, Wis. CDOW and USFWS are confident there is no significant risk to public health," the CDOW said in a release.

"We are focusing on what causes the ducks to lose their waterproofing as well as the cause of the malnutrition evident in many of the birds," said Dr. Laurie Baeten, a veterinarian with CDOW. "There are many factors we need to consider in trying to investigate a die-off and we are doing all we can to methodically apply the science available to us."

As for the survivors, they are getting better every day and may be released in April.

For those who treat the animals, it’s a special moment.

"Some animals bolt off but some stop and give you a look back and a nod to say, ‘Good job’" said Patrick Archambeau.

The state health department said one possible cause for the deaths is the abnormally cold winter.

The public is encouraged to report sick or dead ducks by calling the Colorado Help Line at 877-462-2911.

[Mike]

new york times – from bridget – 02/27/2007′, ‘Published on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 by the New York Times
Honeybees Vanish, Leaving Keepers in Peril
by Alexei Barrionuevo

David Bradshaw has endured countless stings during his life as a beekeeper, but he got the shock of his career when he opened his boxes last month and found half of his 100 million bees missing.

In 24 states throughout the country, beekeepers have gone through similar shocks as their bees have been disappearing inexplicably at an alarming rate, threatening not only their livelihoods but also the production of numerous crops, including California almonds, one of the nation’s most profitable.

“I have never seen anything like it,” Mr. Bradshaw, 50, said from an almond orchard here beginning to bloom. “Box after box after box are just empty. There’s nobody home.”
The sudden mysterious losses are highlighting the critical link that honeybees play in the long chain that gets fruit and vegetables to supermarkets and dinner tables across the country.

Beekeepers have fought regional bee crises before, but this is the first national affliction.

Now, in a mystery worthy of Agatha Christie, bees are flying off in search of pollen and nectar and simply never returning to their colonies. And nobody knows why. Researchers say the bees are presumably dying in the fields, perhaps becoming exhausted or simply disoriented and eventually falling victim to the cold.

As researchers scramble to find answers to the syndrome they have decided to call “colony collapse disorder,” growers are becoming openly nervous about the capability of the commercial bee industry to meet the growing demand for bees to pollinate dozens of crops, from almonds to avocados to kiwis.

Along with recent stresses on the bees themselves, as well as on an industry increasingly under consolidation, some fear this disorder may force a breaking point for even large beekeepers.

A Cornell University study has estimated that honeybees annually pollinate more than $14 billion worth of seeds and crops in the United States, mostly fruits, vegetables and nuts. “Every third bite we consume in our diet is dependent on a honeybee to pollinate that food,” said Zac Browning, vice president of the American Beekeeping Federation.
The bee losses are ranging from 30 to 60 percent on the West Coast, with some beekeepers on the East Coast and in Texas reporting losses of more than 70 percent; beekeepers consider a loss of up to 20 percent in the offseason to be normal.

Beekeepers are the nomads of the agriculture world, working in obscurity in their white protective suits and frequently trekking around the country with their insects packed into 18-wheelers, looking for pollination work.

Once the domain of hobbyists with a handful of backyard hives, beekeeping has become increasingly commercial and consolidated. Over the last two decades, the number of beehives, now estimated by the Agriculture Department to be 2.4 million, has dropped by a quarter and the number of beekeepers by half.

Pressure has been building on the bee industry. The costs to maintain hives, also known as colonies, are rising along with the strain on bees of being bred to pollinate rather than just make honey. And beekeepers are losing out to suburban sprawl in their quest for spots where bees can forage for nectar to stay healthy and strong during the pollination season.
“There are less beekeepers, less bees, yet more crops to pollinate,” Mr. Browning said. “While this sounds sweet for the bee business, with so much added loss and expense due to disease, pests and higher equipment costs, profitability is actually falling.”
Some 15 worried beekeepers convened in Florida this month to brainstorm with researchers how to cope with the extensive bee losses. Investigators are exploring a range of theories, including viruses, a fungus and poor bee nutrition.

They are also studying a group of pesticides that were banned in some European countries to see if they are somehow affecting bees’ innate ability to find their way back home.
It could just be that the bees are stressed out. Bees are being raised to survive a shorter offseason, to be ready to pollinate once the almond bloom begins in February. That has most likely lowered their immunity to viruses.

Mites have also damaged bee colonies, and the insecticides used to try to kill mites are harming the ability of queen bees to spawn as many worker bees. The queens are living half as long as they did just a few years ago.

Researchers are also concerned that the willingness of beekeepers to truck their colonies from coast to coast could be adding to bees’ stress, helping to spread viruses and mites and otherwise accelerating whatever is afflicting them.

Dennis van Engelsdorp, a bee specialist with the state of Pennsylvania who is part of the team studying the bee colony collapses, said the “strong immune suppression” investigators have observed “could be the AIDS of the bee industry,” making bees more susceptible to other diseases that eventually kill them off.

Growers have tried before to do without bees. In past decades, they have used everything from giant blowers to helicopters to mortar shells to try to spread pollen across the plants. More recently researchers have been trying to develop “self-compatible” almond trees that will require fewer bees. One company is even trying to commercialize the blue orchard bee, which is virtually stingless and works at colder temperatures than the honeybee.

Beekeepers have endured two major mite infestations since the 1980s, which felled many hobbyist beekeepers, and three cases of unexplained disappearing disorders as far back as 1894. But those episodes were confined to small areas, Mr. van Engelsdorp said.

Today the industry is in a weaker position to deal with new stresses. A flood of imported honey from China and Argentina has depressed honey prices and put more pressure on beekeepers to take to the road in search of pollination contracts. Beekeepers are trucking tens of billions of bees around the country every year.

California’s almond crop, by far the biggest in the world, now draws more than half of the country’s bee colonies in February. The crop has been both a boon to commercial beekeeping and a burden, as pressure mounts for the industry to fill growing demand. Now spread over 580,000 acres stretched across 300 miles of California’s Central Valley, the crop is expected to grow to 680,000 acres by 2010.

Beekeepers now earn many times more renting their bees out to pollinate crops than in producing honey. Two years ago a lack of bees for the California almond crop caused bee rental prices to jump, drawing beekeepers from the East Coast.

This year the price for a bee colony is about $135, up from $55 in 2004, said Joe Traynor, a bee broker in Bakersfield, Calif.

A typical bee colony ranges from 15,000 to 30,000 bees. But beekeepers’ costs are also on the rise. In the past decade, fuel, equipment and even bee boxes have doubled and tripled in price.

The cost to control mites has also risen, along with the price of queen bees, which cost about $15 each, up from $10 three years ago.

To give bees energy while they are pollinating, beekeepers now feed them protein supplements and a liquid mix of sucrose and corn syrup carried in tanker-sized trucks costing $12,000 per load. Over all, Mr. Bradshaw figures, in recent years he has spent $145 a hive annually to keep his bees alive, for a profit of about $11 a hive, not including labor expenses. The last three years his net income has averaged $30,000 a year from his 4,200 bee colonies, he said.

“A couple of farmers have asked me, ‘Why are you doing this?’ ” Mr. Bradshaw said. “I ask myself the same thing. But it is a job I like. It is a lifestyle. I work with my dad every day. And now my son is starting to work with us.”

Almonds fetch the highest prices for bees, but if there aren’t enough bees to go around, some growers may be forced to seek alternatives to bees or change their variety of trees.
“It would be nice to know that we have a dependable source of honey bees,” said Martin Hein, an almond grower based in Visalia. “But at this point I don’t know that we have that for the amount of acres we have got.”

To cope with the losses, beekeepers have been scouring elsewhere for bees to fulfill their contracts with growers. Lance Sundberg, a beekeeper from Columbus, Mont., said he spent $150,000 in the last two weeks buying 1,000 packages of bees — amounting to 14 million bees — from Australia.

He is hoping the Aussie bees will help offset the loss of one-third of the 7,600 hives he manages in six states. “The fear is that when we mix the bees the die-offs will continue to occur,” Mr. Sundberg said.

Migratory beekeeping is a lonely life that many compare to truck driving. Mr. Sundberg spends more than half the year driving 20 truckloads of bees around the country. In Terra Bella, an hour south of Visalia, Jack Brumley grimaced from inside his equipment shed as he watched Rosa Patiño use a flat tool to scrape dried honey from dozens of beehive frames that once held bees. Some 2,000 empty boxes — which once held one-third of his total hives — were stacked to the roof.

Beekeepers must often plead with landowners to allow bees to be placed on their land to forage for nectar. One large citrus grower has pushed for California to institute a “no-fly zone” for bees of at least two miles to prevent them from pollinating a seedless form of Mandarin orange.

But the quality of forage might make a difference. Last week Mr. Bradshaw used a forklift to remove some of his bee colonies from a spot across a riverbed from orange groves. Only three of the 64 colonies there have died or disappeared.

“It will probably take me two to three more years to get back up,” he said. “Unless I spend gobs of money I don’t have.”
Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

[Mike]

from caraway – 02/12/2007

"A mysterious illness is killing tens of thousands of honeybee
colonies across the country, threatening the livelihood of commercial
beekeepers and sending researchers scrambling to find answers.

The ailment, called Colony Collapse Disorder, could affect domestic
honey production in the United States and, perhaps even more
importantly, put a strain on fruit growers and other farmers who rely
on bees to pollinate their crops.

Reports of unusual colony deaths have come from at least 22 states…

In lab specimens of dissected bees, Cox-Foster said she found an
alarmingly high number of foreign fungi, bacteria and other organisms
and weakened immune systems.

The country’s bee population had already been taking a hit in recent
years because of the parasitic varroa mite, which had destroyed more
than half of some beekeepers’ hives and devastated most wild
honeybees."

[Mike]

from vicky davis – 02/06/2007

It’s probably the spraying of naled (Diprom) for mesquitos supposedly infected with West Nile Virus.

When I checked the CDC map for the incidence of West Nile Virus spraying, it didn’t make sense if it was a naturally occurring disease. The incidence was scattered in pockets of infection at long distances from each other.

As far as I’m concerned that indicates bioterrorism – perhaps by the people who get paid to spray – perhaps by the people who declared war on our country (which could be the same people that spray since they come from Florida).

[Mike]

duck die-off in Lake County, California – 02/01/2007
from bridget:

Duck die-off continues; officials continue cleanup
Written by Elizabeth Larson
Wednesday, 31 January 2007

LUCERNE – The numbers of dead ducks collected by state Department of Fish & Game (DFG) officials continued to climb Wednesday.

The ducks have died from an avian cholera outbreak on the lake, according to DFG veterinarians.

Dead and dying animals were first reported nearly two weeks ago, and since then DFG biologists, wardens and volunteers have worked to collect the dead birds to curb the die-of.

Most have been ruddy ducks, DFG reported, but small numbers or grebes and other water birds have been found as well.

DFG Game Warden Lynette Shimek said Wednesday that 856 dead ruddy ducks were collected that day, bringing the grand total of dead birds found since the outbreak began to 6,801.

During sweeps of the lake Wednesday Shimek said they found several birds that had recently died, as well as pockets of birds that had been dead for some time.

“Still no end in sight, but we’re just hoping for warmer weather,” Shimek said.

That’s because the ruddy ducks, which like to remain in the open part of the lake, huddle together during winter. That makes the birds more susceptible to catching avian cholera, which travels through the air and close contact, according to DFG biologists.

In warmer weather, Shimek said, the birds don’t huddle together as tightly.

The ducks continue to be found mostly in the open area of the lake, straight out from the Lucerne harbor, said Shimek. Area residents, she added, continue to diligently report any dead birds found on the shoreline.

This year’s avian cholera outbreak is only the second biologists have recorded on Clear Lake. In size, it’s quickly approaching the scope of the first outbreak, which occurred in January 2004, and killed more than 7,000 ruddy ducks and other water birds.

Dead birds can be reported to Shimek at her office, 275-8862.

E-mail Elizabeth Larson at elarson@lakeconews.com.This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

[Mike]

from Vicky Davis – 12/14/2006

A couple of months ago there were several counties that were spraying dibrom for mosquitoes – supposedly because people were catching West Nile Virus. It made no sense to spray for mosquitos in the fall in Idaho because of the cold weather. Mosquitos are not a problem in winter.

Coincidently, the places where the ducks are dying in large numbers are the same areas that were sprayed.

My opinion: They are killing off our wild food supply.

[Mike]

from caraway – 12/14/2006

A Fish and Game spokesperson says that it is unlikely bird flu in a
cause in the mass deaths – but an investigation is underway.

"Preliminary diagnosis is a bacterial infection is the likely cause…"
Magic Valley Fish & Game supervisor David Parrish said. "State
veterinarians in Boise have found the lung tissue of the ducks to be
full of white and yellowish bacterial abscesses. They also found
hemorrhaging around the heart. At this point in time, however, we are
not ruling out any potential cause."

[Mike]

from rocky – 11/21/2006

Creatures failed to turn up at their traditional North Pacific feeding grounds
Finding one 30-ton gray whale in the vast North Pacific might be like looking for a needle in a haystack, but finding 17,000 shouldn’t be. But that’s the situation researchers faced while searching for the creatures in their traditional summer feeding grounds last season—and the whales’ absence has them concerned.

"We’ve just come off a second summer in Canada in which we’ve had next to no whales show up," said William Megill of Bath University in the UK. "Not only in our little area, but apparently throughout the traditional feeding areas from Washington on up north. We have no idea where the whales all went this year."

Gray whales usually spend their summers feeding in the waters of the North Pacific, from northern California to the Bering and Chuckchi Seas, because these areas are rich in plankton. But lately these regions haven’t seemed to provide enough food for the whales.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15392686

[Mike]

from bridget – 10/12/2006

Dead Zones from the Tampa Bay to the Puget Sound!

No, people this is not GW this is geoengineering.

Look-up the paper by G Benford PhD, with the (phrase Geritol Solution), I guess it seemed like a good idea at the time to dump iron into the Ocean to create ‘algae bloom’, but I don’t think they has accurate models for the out come.

Go to the THOMAS LIBRARY and check out the U.S. House Bill titles HAB (harmful algae bloom), duh, I do not think the right hand knows what the left hand is doing.
This is our money they are using and to add insult to the injury, we are the end result.
Get busy people.

Best to you all,
Bridget

[Mike]

from rocky – 09/18/2006

http://www.rense.com/general73/dsdsdi.htm

Sea Turtle Illness
Baffling Scientists
In Florida
ProMED-mail
Source WESH TV
9-16-6

An illness that is baffling scientists is afflicting Loggerhead sea turtles along the North and Central Florida coast. –10 have washed up dead along Jacksonville-area beaches and 8 were taken to the Volusia County Marine Science Center, WESH 2 News reported. One of the 8 died on Tuesday night, but 2 are starting to show signs of improvement.

Scientists said it is not red tide that is making them ill, but it is still unclear what is. "To get 8 of these [with] exact same signs, same Loggerhead size in at one time, it’s been pretty incredible," said sea turtle specialist Michelle Bauer. The reptiles are lethargic, not eating and not moving even a flipper. The turtles are very sick, but with what?

"There are problems with the lungs, we are trying to treat that," Bauer said.

"We’re also treating them for parasites, if that might be the problem." Bauer said the sick turtles have washed up in the last 5 days from Daytona Beach north to Georgia. "A normal, healthy Loggerhead wouldn’t just sit here," she said. "They’d be spinning in this tub, trying to bite, be very agitated [by] the fact he’s out of the water."

Bauer said it is possible the turtles inhaled something toxic or bacteria kicked up by Hurricane Florence. She ruled out red tide. "The manatees aren’t getting sick, the birds aren’t sick, there’s no fish kill off. It’s just limited now to the reptiles," Bauer said.

There is hope that the sick turtles will make a full recovery. The 1st one brought in is back in the water. He is far from 100 percent [better], but he is moving around and Bauer said that’s a good sign.

The specialists are waiting for blood tests that may help them figure out what has afflicted the creatures.
http://www.wesh.com/news/9841431/detail.html
ProMED-mail

Loggerhead (_Caretta caretta_ ) is so named because of its large head. Currently these turtles are considered a threatened species. The loggerhead is the most frequently seen turtle in the Florida region. They are a hard-shelled turtle measuring as large as 38 inches (95 cm) in length of carapace and weighing up to 350 pounds (159 kg). For a photograph and more information please see http://www.arazpa.org.au/Education_FactSheets_Loggerhead.htm

There is not enough information in the article to speculate on the cause of the illness and deaths. When there is a definitive report or diagnosis we would appreciate receiving that information. – Mod.TG
Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD
Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural Economics
Univ of West Indies
Please visit my "Emerging Diseases" message board at:
http://www.emergingdisease.org/phpbb/index.php
Also my new website:
http://drpdoyle.tripod.com/
Zhan le Devlesa tai sastimasa
Go with God and in Good Health

[Mike]

from Kimi Hurst – 09/11/2006

Bridget: Do you remember me telling you quite some time ago that intuitively I knew that the flourescent microorgansim from "red tide" had something to do with it? I still believe that this ingredient is being chemtrailed upon us to mark us somehow – instead of being issued "the card" we will be "the card".
Kimi – golden rule

[Mike]

from vicky davis – 09/07/2006

I just added this article to the webpage I did on ‘food safety’

Speakers on –
http://www.idahoeagleforum.com/News/Something_Happening_Here.htm

One of the articles that talks about virus eating bacteria that the FDA approved for spraying on our food is dredged from the muck of the Chesapeake Bay which is I believe where the the Potomac River ends.

[Mike]

What are the hard numbers re: bird deaths? Any takers?
Anyone interested in creating an article to be published?
Bridget

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Bird deaths puzzle Unalaska
SHEARWATERS: Captain said hail of creatures hit his boat for up to 30 minutes.

By ALEX deMARBAN and CRAIG MEDRED, Anchorage Daily News

Published: September 1, 2006

More than 1,600 sea bird carcasses have washed onto Unalaska
shores over the last two days in a mysterious die-off that
scientists are scrambling to understand.

Some say they may have died of hunger. Others say they’re
smashing into boats.

Maybe it’s both, some scientists said.

You can read the full story online at:

http://www.adn.com/news/environment/story/8145561p-8037818c.html

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[Mike]

from Kimi Hurst – 06/28/2006

Good question – I live on the CA coast in Santa Barbara and did beach clean up last weekend – within 500 feet I had picked up 8 dead pelicans!
Kimi – "Golden Rule"

[Mike]

from arufon – 05/13/2006

i’ve noticed a dearth of bees this year too…
even with several flowering cherry trees, i
could find NO honeybees in my yard, in fact the
only bee i did notice this spring was (literally)
one or two bumblebees.

bill

[Mike]

from rocky – 05/04/2006

This kind of ties in with what we all discussed at the Phoenix demonstration. ~Rocky

[Mike]

from bridget – 05/02/2006

Hi M. Davis
I too, in 50 plus years have never seen such happenings.
In your county you will have a public drinking water safety department.
Here it is Dept of Environmental Quality.

I have been urging people to get the public records. This would be records (data) from surface water, pretreatment.

It should contain a large amount of data in spreadsheet form. If you do get the information and don’t have or don’t use excel, many of us will put in the right fields and parameters for you. It should be about 10,000 lines of information.

This has been quite difficult to come by here in Phoenix, AZ.

I am continuing to peruse this information. It is a longish story; suffice it to say they are hiding information.

Yes, what we are seeing is muti-faceted, surrounding “weather modification”, haarp not being the least of the ugly mix.

Two years ago we had (guessing) hundreds of geckos. Now we don’t have any. They were our little exterminators; we’ll see what comes down the road next.

I’d be doing almost anything besides working this issue, but what choice do we have. We (50plus) folks are the people with a frame of reference, we know better.
Best to you,
Bridget

[Mike]

from M.Davis – 05/02/2006

Thank you for this info, Bridget. It’s a subject, the
sparrows, that has been baffling me for a while now.
As I’ve stated before I may be somewhat atypical of
most Americans. I’ve lived my entire 50 plus years in
a 100 mile radius in Kansas except for about 6 years
spent in Nebraska and Iowa. When I was growing up
large flocks of house sparrows were the norm,
everywhere. Chances were if you saw a bird, it was an
English house sparrow.

Then it began occurring to me in the early 80s that
they were suddenly quite rare. The starling population
suddenly exploded and many of us assumed that the
pressure of starling overpopulation had driven the
sparrows off. Lately I’ve begun to question that since
the flocks of starlings I’ve been seeing lately are
much smaller. I’ve also noticed lately that the
meadowlarks seem to be much fewer also. The only birds
that seem to be thriving in the area are crows and for
some reason I’ve been encountering more cardinals in
the last 3 years than I’m accustomed to seeing. I’ve
also noticed this summer a seeming abundance of turkey
vultures which are fairly common, but they seem to be
hunting much closer to town this year.

I had an odd experience in the mid 80s. I was working
at the time for a Japanese motorcycle dealership as a
technician. One of the technical newsletters had an
odd story in it about a customers motorcycle that was
behaving very strangely. It was a large touring model
that he rode to and from work every chance he could,
following a circular route. The bike would run
flawlessly to work and would suddenly stop like the
ignition switch was turned off, in the same spot every
day, on the trip home. The local dealership would
trailer it in to the shop and it would start
immediately.

The entire electrical system was run through
diagnostics, and eventually every component was
replaced. The bike still did the same thing on the
return trip from work for the customer, stopping in
exactly the same place every evening. The manufacturer
finally sent out a technical team and they narrowed it
down to something in the environment (obviously). The
machine would stop whenever it was driven by a
particular alleyway, which the team noted had a
microwave communications tower two blocks away. The
tower was broadcasting a frequency, funneled up the
alley, that was tripping the electronic ignition
module and effectively causing it to switch off. If
these towers can broadcast a signal that can disrupt
the microchips in a controller circuit then it stands
to reason they have enough power to potentially effect
organic matter.

[Mike]

from feastofsoul13 – 04/30/2006′
400 Dolphins Wash Up
Dead Off African Coast
By Ali Sultan
4-29-6

ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) — Scientists worked Saturday to try to
determine why hundreds of dolphins became stranded in shallow waters and
later washed up dead along the shore of a popular tourist destination on
Zanzibar’s northern coast.

Villagers and fishermen buried the remains of about 400 bottleneck
dolphins which live in deep offshore waters – whose carcasses washed up Friday
along a 2.5-mile stretch between Kendwa and Nungwi.

Scientists suspect the animals were disturbed and stressed by some
unknown factor or were poisoned before they died, said Narriman Jiddawi,
a marine biologist at the Institute of Marine Science of the University
of Dar es Salaam. A preliminary examination of their stomach contents
failed to show the presence of squid beaks and otoliths – the ear stones
that are found directly behind the brain of bony fishes that are eaten
by dolphins, Jiddawi said. This indicates that the dolphins had either
not eaten for a long time or had vomited very severely, she said.

Their general condition, however, appears to show that they had eaten
recently since their ribs were not clearly visible under the skin.
Experts were preparing to further examine the dolphins’ stomachs for
traces of residue poison, including from the toxic "red tides" of algae.
Experts also planned to examine the dolphins’ heads to assess whether
they had been affected by military sonar.

In the United States, experts were investigating the possibility that
sonar from U.S. submarines could have been responsible for a similar
incident in Marathon, Florida, where 68 deep-water dolphins stranded
themselves in March 2005.

A U.S. Navy task force patrols the coast of East Africa as part of
counterterrorism operations. A Navy official was not immediately
available for comment, but the service rarely comments on the location
of submarines at sea. Zazinbar’s resorts attract many visitors who come
to watch and swim with wild dolphins.

The Indo-Pacific bottlenose, humpback and spinner porpoises, commonly
known as dolphins, are the most common species in Zanzibar’s coastal
waters, with bottlenose and humpback dolphins often found in
mixed-species groups. The most conclusive link between the use of
military sonar and injury to marine mammals was observed from the
stranding of beached whales in 2000 in the Bahamas. The U.S. Navy later
acknowledged that sonar likely contributed to the stranding of the
extremely shy species.

"These animals must have been disoriented and ended up in shallow
waters, where they died," fisherman Abdallah Haji, 43, said as he helped
bury the dolphins near the bloodied beach.

Residents had cut open their bellies to take the animals’ livers, which
they use to make waterproofing material for boats.

"We have never seen this type of dolphins in our area," said the man,
who has fished in Zanzibar waters for more than two decades. Copyright
2006 The Associated Press.

[Mike]

from caraway – 03/25/2006
Pigs, People And Peacock Deaths In Uttar Pradesh India

By Dr. Henry L. Niman, PhD
Recombinomics.com
3-25-6

"Hundreds of pigs are said to have died in the last 15 days after consuming what has been described as polluted garbage in several slums here. Piles of carcasses of the animals are rotting and there have been reports of dogs falling sick after consuming the flesh of the dead pigs. As there has been no official explanation for the mass death of pigs, the pig owners, mostly Dalits (members of the Hindu caste also known as ;untouchables’) engaged as cleaners with the Agra Municipal Corporation, have called it ‘Pig flu’…"

The unexplained pig deaths in the above quote in the Uttar Pradesh region of India are cause for concern.

The transmission to dogs eating the pigs is one red flag, but two more are the recent deaths of people and peacocks in the same region.

These unexplained deaths have an encephalitis component which has now been described for H5N1 avian influenza in Vietnam. The pigs have "viral fever", the children have encephalitis, and the peacocks have neurological symptoms like polio.

Bird flu can cause neurological problems in people and birds.

A mysterious illness in the three species in the same region is cause for concern.

© 2005 Recombinomics. All rights reserved.

[Mike]

from vicky davis – 03/05/2006

"cat feces are causing deadly brain damage in California sea otters"!!!!!!!

What!

What I don’t understand is how anybody could write a story as stupid as that one.

[Mike]

from bridget – 01/03/20060

Hi Folks, I’m still with you. Everything looks to be going to hell in a hand
cart. Get busy fighting the only true platform we have. Call every person in
agriculture, asking them why there is no oversight from AG in S.517 and HR 2995,
"weather modification" Yes, I know we are fighting CT’s, but what is your
suggestion, if not this? Bridget

Beached Whales Shot In New Zealand

Wellington, New Zealand (AHN) – The Department of Conservation says wildlife
officers shot 41 pilot whales beached on the South Island of New Zealand.

A total of 49 came ashore Saturday near Farewell spit in the second major
stranding in that area within the last two weeks.

To read the full article, see:
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7001717805

[Mike]

from bridget – 12/27/2005

Hey Vicky

I like this statement, "Even as Game and Fish wrestles with
conclusions, scientists including Roffe say society can’t "stick our
heads in the sand and pretend not to know anything about
transmissible diseases."

I don’t think truer words have been spoken.

I learned this morning WY is in the middle of a massive weather
modification program. Hmmm, aren’t we all!!!!

Best to you,
Bridget

[Mike]

from rocky – 12/03/2005

November 29, 2005
Whales and Dolphins Threatened by Naval Sonar, Says UN Report

Food for Thought

High-intensity naval sonar poses a serious threat to whales, dolphins and porpoises that depend on sound to survive, says a report by the United Nations Environment Program. The study lends the first official support to claims by environmental groups that military maneuvers are responsible for the increasing incidence of mass whale beachings.’);

[Mike]

from vicky davis – 11/20/2005

Global warming is a hegelian dialect. It is being used as a propaganda campaign to terrorize people into accepting the communist-fascist UN agenda.

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/documents/agenda21/index.htm

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/csd.htm

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/natlinfo/indicators/indisd/indsearch/agendachapter.html

http://www.wmo.ch/index-en.html

http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/NewAge/sustainable_development.htm

http://www.amerikanexpose.com/agenda21/index3.html

[Mike]

from bridget – 11/20/2005

I would ask myself, at this point in time; have the events
which are reported here on this site, escalted since the operation
of weather modification beagan in earnest? The facts and dates
clearly indicate a picture that is far too too coincidental.

I have been obseving the vast devistation, here in northern CA for
several days. I am shocked by the cilling contrast of what was a
normal environment some 5-6 years privious, this is evidenced by
reports for example, from Clear Lake,CA
where 6000 ducks along with other species of water birds all died
within 2 days. This is just one of numerous examples of such
anomalies.

If these Bills which are being heard in the Senate are intended to
prevent "Global Warming", I will have to guess, they intend
to ‘throw out the baby with the bath water’.
I hope no one denies anything, including global warming, from a
position of fear, simply that they ask themselves what will be the
effect on our communities, families and our natural environment,
with all the technology being used in the formula of Weather
Modification.

Beyond question, we need to be more aware as to the "throw away"
society
we now live in. We need to be thinking about alternitive methods for
energy, no one doubts those well put questions. I guess I might even
suggest the science of cold fussion, which has been rebuffed
repeatedly, because of the risk involved to those who are heavily
invested in the international fossil fuel industry.

One might well ask about the well documented use of HAARP for the
purpose of heating of the atmosphere, and how might these
technologies show its effect in our natural environmnent.

I simply request that folks ask their state officials to read the
documents surrounding the Senate Bills titled Weather Modifcation,
and to carefully read the information which will be generated from
the Sub Commitee’s of Science and Technology.

There are admittedly (by the very folks who propose this operation)
no models which can predict the effect on our families and
communities, as result from spraying the various (and I will add
secret) material into our atmosphere.

We all love the beauty of nature, families and communities,, and it
is with this love that I am compelled to ask these questions, and
travel these many miles and to devote the endless hours and limited
financial resources, to seek the answeres which I pray will secure
some future for my children and hopefully grandchildren.
Have we passed the point of no return? Only time will tell, but I
know in my heart of hearts, we must all be active in finding the
true answers to these difficult questions.
I look forward to returning home to enjoy the the holiday with my
children and husband, but I return to Phoenix AZ from N CA with a
chilling and hightened awareness of the continuing destruction which
has vastly excellerated since the obvious spraying operation began.
Best regards,
Bridget

[Mike]

from catworld – 11/18/2005

All,
I recall reading an article in Scientific American about 8 years ago
that led me to read some congressional testimony, the latter of which
including some rather technical papers on proposed global warming
fixes. The testimony and report(s) were from none other than H-bomb
inventor "Dr. Strangelove;" Edward Teller. He also wrote on the the
topic in laymen’s press, to wit:

http://www.hooverdigest.org/981/teller.html

I can provide links to some of his technical papers on the matter on
request.

Teller suggested spraying fine particulate matter in the stratosphere
to reflect a tiny percentage of the solar influx. Apparently it began
in earnest immediately following those congressional hearings, most
secretly of course, which begs the question why?

I minored in atmospheric studies and was tentatively excepted to the
meteorology program at Penn State University. I didn’t attend, money
wasn’t available so I went into corporate aviation, having an 18 year
run with the last 10 spent as chief pilot and director of operations
for a corporate aviation department.

I can assure you there is something different in the contrails, as of
around 1998. I surmise it is a fuel additive, but won’t bore you with
various details I have assembled as proof, except to say the same
players who own major airport service contracts (such as refueling and
"security") also basically "own" the executive branch of your
"government" at the moment.

I do not believe the "particulate matter" is intended to "reduce
global warming," another long story. But in one of Teller’s technical
papers he calculated the electrostatic properties of his suggested
materials. I thoroughly understand such things, having majored in
physics. Plug a uniform electrostatic "mirror" in the upper atmosphere
into the 100+ year old demonstrated works of Nikola Tesla (enter
HAARP) and you begin to see weapons in those "chemtrails." Check this out:

http://www.ecologynews.com/cuenews31.html

Talk about strange animal deaths; birds heads, tails and wings fried
completely off in mid-flight, they fell out of a clear, bright blue
sky and littered the streets. (descriptions similar to the above come
from witnesses to the American attack on Fallujah last year, see
Italian TV report here:
http://www.thepowerhour.com/articles/white_phosphorus.htm)

Photos of birds killed in the Tennessee "attack" are available on the
Internet, as is information regarding an ongoing lawsuit seeking to
establish what indeed happened there.

The ultimate effect of whatever is going on, however, is the important
matter to this group; are "chemtrails" one, if not the main,
contributor to the ills increasingly pressuring the world’s flora and
fauna?

I do hope somebody gets to the truth of these "chemtrails," and soon.
Indeed one must wonder if in some unknown way we have already crossed
the point of no return. Genetic engineering, to my mind, has already
done so, a huge and most likely irreversable mistake.

I have always said "just because we can do something doesn’t mean we
should." I pray for the critters…

Cliff

[Mike]

from Kimi Hurst – 11/01/2005

This might explain a few things

I thought you might think this was interesting. Also at the beginning of the article take a look at the first link on the right about "Frequensea", a guy harvesting the one celled organism. Let me know what you think. Kimi

Go to http://www.coastalpost.com – this article is the 9th one down – "Frequensea" is the 1st link – watch the movie.
thanks

Mysterious Changes Hit Pacific Coast ‘The Bottom Has Fallen Out of the Coastal Food Chain’ By Stephen Leiper

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Marine biologists are seeing mysterious and disturbing things along the Pacific Coast this year: higher water temperatures, plummeting catches of fish, lots of dead birds on the beaches, and perhaps most worrisome, very little plankton — the tiny organisms that are a vital link in the ocean food chain.

Is this just one freak year? Or is this global warming?

Very few scientists are willing to blame global warming, the theory that carbon dioxide and other manmade emissions are trapping heat in the Earth’s atmosphere and causing a worldwide rise in temperatures. Yet few are willing to rule it out.

"There are strange things happening, but we don’t really understand how all the pieces fit together," said Jane Lubchenco, a zoologist and climate change expert at Oregon State University. "It’s hard to say whether any single event is just an anomaly or a real indication of something serious happening."

Scientists say things could very well swing back to normal next year. But if the phenomenon proves to be long-lasting, the consequences could be serious for birds, fish and other wildlife.

This much is known: From California to British Columbia, unusual weather patterns have disrupted the marine ecosystem.

Normally, in the spring and summer, winds blow south along the Pacific Coast and push warmer surface waters away from shore. That allows colder, nutrient-rich water to well up from the bottom of the sea and feed microscopic plants called phytoplankton.

Phytoplankton are then eaten by zooplankton, tiny marine animals that include shrimp-like crustaceans called krill. Zooplankton, in turn, are eaten by seabirds and by fish and marine mammals ranging from sardines to whales.

But this year, the winds have been unusually weak, failing to generate much upwelling and reducing the amount of phytoplankton.

Off Oregon, for example, the waters near the shore are 5 to 7 degrees warmer than normal and have yielded about one-fourth the usual amount of phytoplankton, said Bill Peterson, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Newport, Ore.
"The bottom has fallen out of the coastal food chain, and there’s just not enough food out there," said Julia Parrish, a seabird ecologist at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Seabirds are clearly distressed. On the Farallon Islands west of San Francisco, researchers this spring noted a steep decrease in nesting cormorants and a 90 per cent drop in Cassin’s auklets — the worst in more than 35 years of monitoring.
On Washington state’s Tatoosh Island, common murres — a species so sensitive to disruptions that scientists consider it a harbinger of ecological change — started breeding nearly a month late. It was the longest delay in 15 years of monitoring.
Researchers have also reported a sharp increase in dead birds washing up in California, Oregon and Washington.

Along Monterey Bay in Central California, there are four times the usual number of dead seabirds, said Hannah Nevins, a scientist at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories.
"Basically, they’re not finding enough food, and they use up the energy that’s stored in their muscles, liver and body fat," Dr. Nevins said.

Fish appear to be feeling the effects, too. NOAA found a 20 per cent to 30 per cent drop in juvenile salmon off the coasts of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia in June and July, compared with the average over the previous six years.

And researchers counted the lowest number of juvenile rockfish in more than 20 years of monitoring in Central and Northern California. Fewer than 100 were caught between San Luis Obispo and Fort Bragg this year, compared with several thousand last year.

Scientists have seen some of these strange happenings before during El Nino years, when higher water surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific alter weather patterns worldwide. But the West Coast has not had El Nino conditions this year.
As for the possibility that this is being caused by global warming, scientists are not so sure, since climate change is believed to be a gradual process, and what is happening this year is relatively sudden.

But "if we did see this next year, the notion that global warming plays a role in this carries more weight," said Nathan Mantua, a climate expert at the University of Washington in Seattle.

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