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CatLady78

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4. This is why I stopped following environmental news

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Thu Jul 2, 2020, 05:29 AM

Jul 2020

I know one has an obligation to because if environmentalists and animal activists stop following this stuff who will?
But there is never any good news. It is like tilting at windmills......Of course this one is less clear. But it is probably tied to humans - most of it is.

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Hundreds of Elephants Are Dying, and No One Knows Why [View all] Recursion Jul 2020 OP

Heartbreaking StarryNite Jul 2020 #1

That is awful ... Hope they get it sorted soon ... mr_lebowski Jul 2020 #2

Damn. Reading further, poisoning's been ruled out, which at least Hortensis Jul 2020 #3

Perhaps some microbial in the water... 2naSalit Jul 2020 #5

Yes, terrible. Experts are on it but currently mystified. Hortensis Jul 2020 #7

This is why I stopped following environmental news CatLady78 Jul 2020 #4

There's often good news from mitigation, though, Hortensis Jul 2020 #9

I agree CatLady78 Jul 2020 #11

Science-oriented journals report the bad but also how it's Hortensis Jul 2020 #12

:-) CatLady78 Jul 2020 #13

:) +100. Hortensis Jul 2020 #14

jus, damn ... 2020 has jus decided to whoop everyone's ass. Possibly another virus that affects them uponit7771 Jul 2020 #6

Stories like this break are so heartbreaking. madaboutharry Jul 2020 #8

It sounds like Chronic Wasting Disease in deer GusBob Jul 2020 #10