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Zebra virus kills polar bear in German zoo
Zoos should be on the alert for viruses that can jump from one animal to another, threatening endangered species, say researchers. The cause of an infection that killed a polar bear at a German zoo has been traced back to the zebra house....
Two bears contracted the brain infection encephalitis, suffering seizures and frothing at the mouth....Gene sequencing suggested the culprit was a strain of herpes virus normally found in zebras.
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk
17 Aug 2012
Location: Wuppertal, Germany - Map It 
Almost 13,000 dead fish found in the Swan River
Almost 13,000 dead fish have been found in the Swan River this winter killed by an algal bloom. In the last two weeks, 10,500 dead fish were found between Ascot and the Narrows Bridge. More than 2,500 were found near Bassendean in June.
The Swan River Trust's Jeff Cosgrove says dry, sunny conditions have caused increased growth in toxic algae that has led to the fish kill.
ABC News - www.abc.net.au
09 Aug 2012
Location: Swan River, Australia - Map It
Other Harmful Alga Bloom News
>>> Blue-Green Algae Bloom Warning Extended to Waltham [Massachusetts, USA]
>>> Dexter Lake alert issued due to algae [Oregon, USA]
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- Tree Swallow Monitoring in Wisconsin's Areas of Concern [video]
- Studies Shed Light On Why Species Stay or Go in Response to Climate Change
- Uganda: Improve On Disease Surveillance
- Chronic Wasting Disease Found in West Virginia Deer [West Virginia, USA - Map It ]
- Rabid Deer Found On Parker County Golf Course [Parker Co., Texas, USA - Map It ]
- KDWPT finds sick deer in Emporia [Emporia, Kansas, USA - Map It ]
- Wildlife officials: Viral disease killing hundreds of deer in eight Michigan counties [View locations on Disease News Map ]
- Disease spread by gnat tied to deer deaths near Verdigris River [Rodgers Co., Oklahoma, USA - Map It ]
- Biologists believe dead deer in Okla. had disease [Verdigris River, Oklahoma, USA - Map It ]
- Drought affecting Missouri fish, wildlife, forests [Includes time lapsed map][USA]
- Garden birds struggling following poor British summer [England]
- Fish and wildlife feeling impact of hot weather [Montana, USA]
- Hibernation Altered by Climate Change Takes a Toll On Rocky Mountain Animal Species [USA]
- Drought could be a factor in US anthrax cases [Colorado and Texas, USA]
- Sperm Whale Found Dead [Frenchman Bay, Maine, USA - Map It ]
- New protocol to be introduced after whale dies [Baltimore Harbour, Ireland - Map It ]
- Dallas begins aerial assault on West Nile virus [Texas, USA]
- Big spike in West Nile cases concerns Oklahoma officials [Oklahoma, USA]
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention WNV Update - August 14, 2012
- Two New Owl Species Discovered in the Philippines
- Cayman's imperiled blue iguanas on the rebound [See photo of blue iguana above]
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