This is a message for any one with Pet s traveling Western NSW
Submitted: Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018 at 13:02
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allein m
I know many of you do come out this way and I think you need to know a situation that has started in
Broken Hill NSW and surounds
I local newspapers past few days is stories on local kangaroos and now Emus are dyeing in the hundreds , it seem some thing is killing them and no one knows why
It has this week to be found to jump to Emu the joints bleed out and most animals are dead in under 4 hours
If you have pets please take care no one has worked out what is causing this all the known problems proved a negative so if it can move emu it may move to our pets .
I do not know but best thing is to let people know and hope they find the cause soon
thank
Reply By: IvanTheTerrible - Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018 at 18:50
Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018 at 18:50
I just read the latest news reports and they dont mention Emu's at all and there is no mention of dogs or any other animals so unless you know something the scientist dont I think this is scaremongering.
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Follow Up By: allein m - Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018 at 21:35
Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018 at 21:35
Sorry I meant goats ok sorry but it jumps specials that is scarry
I have just re read it but some thing is out there and it is killing wild life and for me personally have stopped going bush with my dogs.
Our local vet when I asked she is not sure but she said saftey of your pets is paramount and I know my dogs love there long walks out of town but for now no more
I think they are stummped on why and i hope they get the resourses to solve this we have a major problem with water at present
I wonder if will go to the sheep and cattle if this happens it is going to cost a fortune to fix and many farmers will loose out big time
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Follow Up By: RMD - Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018 at 22:51
Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018 at 22:51
From memory, Emus have longer legs than goats and less of them too.
Allien m. do you mean jumps species or specials???
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Follow Up By: allein m - Thursday, Feb 01, 2018 at 12:13
Thursday, Feb 01, 2018 at 12:13
we have a lot of Emus around town I am not sure it looks like it is a much wider problem
my main warning and concern was for our pets , they relay on you as a owner to keep them safe
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Reply By: Member - cruza25 - Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018 at 19:55
Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018 at 19:55
Not sure if this is true
Might be just some anti Monsanto activist
Copied from a daily mail uk discussion
“In order to keep kangaroos from eating the wheat, Monsanto created a new GMO wheat seed¿but which they then added a viral hemorrhagic fever (HF) component to in order to ¿target for death¿ the massive kangaroo
population in Australia. Now, would YOU eat that wheat? Coming to a store near you.”
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk
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Follow Up By: IvanTheTerrible - Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018 at 20:11
Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018 at 20:11
Dont believe anything they write
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Follow Up By: Malcom M - Thursday, Feb 01, 2018 at 06:39
Thursday, Feb 01, 2018 at 06:39
A link to the actual article rather than the papers
home page would be good?
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Reply By: allein m - Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018 at 21:39
Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018 at 21:39
I wonder if this is related to dog baiting this was stepped up big time last year to slow down the stray dogs around thedingo fence not far from town
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Reply By: Motherhen - Thursday, Feb 01, 2018 at 00:46
Thursday, Feb 01, 2018 at 00:46
Nothing new Allien? This is dated December 2016
Mystery roo deaths in far west NSW baffle authorities. Twelve months later a couple of reports of deaths over the past year
Mystery kangaroo killer leaves experts baffled.
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Follow Up By: Kenell - Thursday, Feb 01, 2018 at 08:11
Thursday, Feb 01, 2018 at 08:11
I did a bit of digging on this yesterday also. The Australian reported on it recently and it is quite alarming. The roo deaths are in the millions according to recent counts although I didn't see anything about emus. It is not restricted to the
Broken Hill area and that is part of the mystery. It covers areas that don't share the same water, crops, etc and to date they can find no bacteria, virus, or any communicable disease that is causing it. I think it is reasonable to be cautious about dogs being off leads particularly if they stumbled across a recent carcass.
Kenell
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Reply By: Winner W - Thursday, Feb 01, 2018 at 09:48
Thursday, Feb 01, 2018 at 09:48
Possible mutation of the new calixo virus released a few years ago to kill the rabbits off that got resistant to the old virus ? But the authorities will never admit it if it was the case...
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Follow Up By: allein m - Thursday, Feb 01, 2018 at 12:08
Thursday, Feb 01, 2018 at 12:08
yes I was thinking the same thing it would not the the first time some thing like this happened look at the cane toad goof
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