Mystery of Mass Animal Death Epidemic Deepens

Still the leading story of anomalous happenings around the world as we get set to head into the second week of 2011, the mysterious deaths of large numbers of birds, fish and mammals continues to make headlines. The latest mass die-off has occurred among turtle doves in Italy, where 8,000 of the birds are estimated to have fallen from the sky with a "strange blue stain on their beaks." Multiple reports of die-offs are covered in this report, with images, and the "rapid movement of the Magnetic North Pole" is mentioned in conjunction with the bird deaths. There's more on the Italian incident in More Than 1,000 Turtle Doves Fall from the Sky in Italy in Latest Mass Bird Death Case.