Dead birds, turtle doves, fall from the skies in Italy by the thousands, within the last few days. This adds to the already numerous accounts of dead birds, as well as dead fish, being reported around the world.

The dead birds in Italy were mostly the white turtle doves, these are the pretty, docile birds that are often released in flocks for celebrations, such as weddings. These birds of celebration also symbolize love. Today they join the other casualties of dead wild life from around the globe. The reports of the dead doves in Italy brings the count to 15 incidents of dead wildlife around the world in the last few days. 

Mass animal die offs happen all the time.  It is just now being swept up in the news cycle—  We shouldn’t fuel the flames of media hype.  That being said,  an honest inquiry into man made contributions to mass die offs (pesticides, poisons, etc) should be made in an effort to reduce and mitigate our effects on the animal world.  

(Source: azspot)