UNDIAGNOSED DIE-OFF, DOLPHIN - RUSSIA, UKRAINE: BLACK SEA
Another dolphin dieoff. I really wonder what is happening worldwide. It is really disconcerting. Mojorabbit
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Date: Mon 28 May 2012
Source: Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty [edited] http://www.rferl.org/content/black-sea-ecologists-alarmed-by-dolphin-deaths/24591773.html
Hardly a day goes by in Sochi, Russia's picturesque Black Sea resort, without a dead dolphin washing up on the beach. With the tourist season just kicking off, the unexplained deaths have yet to draw much scrutiny. But environmentalists are increasingly alarmed.
The dolphin carcasses are also turning into a real holiday spoiler for vacationers drawn to the region's scenic beaches and pristine vistas. Russian tourist Aida Kobzh was shocked to discover a group of dead dolphins last week [week of 21 May 2012] at her local beach in Sochi. "Everyone stood there and stared at the dead little dolphins lying belly up. Poor creatures!" Kobzh said. "There were some on the beach but also in the water; they were floating there, dead."
The dolphins started washing up along Russia's Black Sea coast several weeks ago. They have also been spotted on Ukrainian shores. Environmentalists are now talking about the biggest dolphin die-off to date in the region, with an estimated 300 animals dead so far.
moderators comment at pro med
[See the list of posts below that report other recent, and mostly
unsolved, dolphin die-offs around the world.
We might be witnessing another consequence of human activity and
global environmental change on wildlife health. Most likely, the
culprit is not a single cause but many interacting in synergy. For
example, it might be a disease outbreak boosted by impoverishment of
the condition of the dolphins due to pollution.
In 2009, there was a dolphin die-off in the Black Sea, and a
morbilivirus was suspected. - Mod.PMB
Undiagnosed die-off, finless porpoise - China: RFI 20120503.1122015
Dolphin die-off – Peru: morbillivirus susp. 20120422.1110060
Die-off, seal, dolphin - USA: New England, update 20120209.1037523
2011
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Undiagnosed dolphin die-off - USA: (MS, AL) 20111202.3510
2010
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Dolphin die-off - USA: (southern coast) 20100609.1929
2009
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Cetacean morbillivirus, dolphins - Black Sea: susp, RFI 20090831.3066
Dolphin mortality - India 20090401.1250
2008
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Dolphin die-off - USA: (TX) 20080305.0913]
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