The Big Wobble - NOT GOOD

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Translated from Spanish
A massive fish die off was recorded in recent days in the La Chanchera lagoon, located between the towns of Laboulaye and La Carlota, in the southeast of the province of Cordoba.
The phenomenon, which worried the locals, was produced by the intense heat of the last week’s heat wave, when temperatures surpassed the 38º centigrade.
Roberto Gatti, member of the Board of Directors of the Hunting and Fishing Club of Laboulaye, in dialogue with Cadena 3 indicated that the main species affected is the pejerrey.

Massive fish mortality was recorded in recent days in the La Chanchera lagoon, located between the towns of Laboulaye and La Carlota, in the southeast of the province of Cordoba.

The phenomenon, which worried the locals, was produced by the intense heat of the last weeks, whose temperatures surpassed the 38º centigrade.

Roberto Gatti, member of the Board of Directors of the Hunting and Fishing Club of Laboulaye, in dialogue with Cadena 3 indicated that the main species affected is the pejerrey.
It’s a massive die off added Gatti

As for the causes of the episode, Gatti pointed to the lack of oxygen due to the intense heat. We had weeks of 38º and 40º. Degree heat, on the day of the die off, it was 29º.
A microscopic algae that is generated in these circumstances, which is very oxygen consuming causes the fish to die of suffocation. "

And he lamented: "99% are pejerreyes, although there are some catfish and tents, as well as mojarras. We cannot do anything, it's a natural problem."


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Quang Ngai Province have culled 23,000 birds since last month in an effort to contain the virus.
Authorities in south-central province of Quang Ngai detected another bird flu outbreak, on Tuesday, forcing them to cull over 4,000 infected chickens.
 The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Duc Pho District (Quang Ngai) said the deadly virus was discovered at the poultry farm of one Tran Anh Duong in Chau Me Hamlet, Pho Chau Commune.
 After a slow die-off began to take hold of his flock, on March 2, Duong contacted the authorities, according to Thanh Nien newspaper.
 Provincial-level veterinary health officials collected samples at the farm; the results confirmed the appearance of the H5N6 virus.
 This is the third bird flu outbreak in Duc Pho District and the seventh outbreak detected in Quang Ngai Province since February 7, which forced the local authorities to cull over 23,000 birds.
 Provincial authorities have authorized livestock and veterinary health officials to use 8,400 liters of iodine to sanitize and sterilize poultry breeding areas.
 Vietnam has recorded a total of 15 bird flu outbreaks scattered among 11 communes in seven provinces.
 The country has been racing around the clock to snuff out various strains of the H5N1 virus as they rage through farms in neighboring China and Cambodia.
 Last month, health and agriculture ministries issued warnings regarding the H7N9 virus, a rare strain first detected in China in March 2013.
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A pair of badly burned cows stand along a rural road near Ashland, Kansas, early Tuesday. Photo CNN

Ranchers are still trying to assess the damage, but loss of cattle could is in the thousands
At least seven people have died with more missing after wildfires across several states in central U.S. have consumed million’s of acres.
Wildfires have wiped out 650,000 acres in Kansas this week devastating farms in the area.
The fires are thought to have killed nearly 10,000 cattle, many of them calving (which could actually double the amount) in the Kansas alone.
The fires have been helped by low humidity and heavy winds, conditions that have made the Kansas Plains a tinderbox.
The devastation doesn’t end there, not only have the farmers lost an unknown number of cattle, but the livestock that have survived have no grass or hay to feed on, most of it having been consumed by the flames.
With more than a million acres burnt it has left the land looking like a moonscape and to make matters worse there is 100,000 miles of fencing burnt.
Reports from the Texas A&M Forest Service said the Perryton Fire located in Ochiltree and Lipscomb counties in the Texas Panhandle is an estimated 478,935 acres in size. The fire has skirted south of the city of Higgins as of 11:58 a.m. CST Tuesday.
Texas A&M Forest Service has been on the scene with ground resources working in conjunction with local resources. Two homes have been reported as destroyed.
The Dumas Complex Fire near the city of Amarillo, Texas, is 100 percent contained, leaving an estimated 29,197 acres burning as of 5:19 p.m. CST Tuesday.
Ochiltree County Sheriff Terry Bouchard said that as many as 500 animals died in fires that consumed commercial hog barns.
The Oklahoma Forestry Service said the fires burned 400,000 acres across the state. Gov. Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency for 22 counties.
According to a statement from Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, a man died from smoke inhalation in Clark County; 350,000 acres of the county are consumed, and nearly 13,000 people had to be evacuated.
Firefighters have contained a grass fire that destroyed four homes and left about 200 head of cattle dead on the plains of northeastern Colorado.

Logan County spokeswoman Marilee Johnson says crews completed containment lines around the fire on Wednesday but were still working to extinguish hot spots, including hay bales.