Over a single two week (14 day) period the we count staggering losses of fish, birds and animals. The words of the bible written 2000 year ago, describe today's reality. Day after day, the dying continues.
Hosea 4 v 3 The LORD has a charge to bring against …………because of this the land dries up, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea are swept away…”
Zephaniah 1:3 “I will sweep away both men and animals; I will sweep away the birds of the air and the fish of the sea. The wicked will have only heaps of rubble when I cut off man from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
5th May 2016 - 40,000 TONS of Salmon and 8,000 TONS of Sardines have washed up dead, due to red tide in Chile. Link
5th May 2016 - 30+ TONS of dead fish appear in a lake, 'people in shock' in Hainan, China. Link
4th May 2016 - 39,000 turkeys killed due to avian flu in Missouri, America. Link
4th May 2016 - Hundreds of cattle dead due to disease in Kampong Thom, Cambodia. Link
3rd May 2016 - 2,600 Turtles and thousands of sea birds found dead during past 6 months in southern Brazil. Link
3rd May 2016 - Massive fish kill in Lake Thunderbird in Oklahoma, America. Link
3rd May 2016 - Hundreds of TONS of fish suddenly die in Lake Toba, Indonesia. Link
2nd May 2016 - 200 TONS of fish found dead in a lake in Alfenas, Brazil. Link
2nd May 2016 - Thousands of dead jellyfish found washed ashore, 'a rare phenomenon' along Odisha coast in India. Link
2nd May 2016 - Hundreds of dead fish found in a lake in Florida, America. Link
30th April 2016 - Millions of dead molluscs found washed up on beaches, 'a disaster' in Los Lagos, Chile. Link
30th April 2016 - 14 TONS of dead fish found in a lake in Xiamen, China. Link
29th April 2016 - 80,000 birds killed due to avian flu in Al Biqa, Lebanon. Link
28th April 2016 - 100+ TONS of clams have died in central Vietnam. Link
28th April 2016 - 80,000 Chickens killed from fire at a farm in Connecticut, America. Link
26th April 2016 - 720,000 birds killed due to avian flu in various parts of Iraq. Link
25th April 2016 - 65 TONS of fish have died in the waters of Kampong Thom, Cambodia. Link
25th April 2016 - 40 TONS of fish have died in a lake in Nalgonda district, India. Link
23rd April 2016 - Hundreds of dead fish wash up on a beach in Cattlewash, Barbados. Link
23rd April 2016 - 70+ TONS of dead fish found in a river in Magdalena Department, Colombia. Link
23rd April 2016 - Massive die off of fish in a river in Hulunbuir, China. Link
22nd April 2016 - 1 TON of shrimp and other fish have died in a pond in Phuket, Thailand. Link
22nd April 2016 - 200,000 fish have died in fish farms in Taiping, Malaysia. Link
21st April 2016 - 50 dolphins found stranded, 10 dead on a beach in Cambutal, Panama. Link
21st April 2016 - Hundreds of fish die in a lake, 'whole lake is dead' in Alberta, Canada. Link
21st April 2016 - Massive die off of fish, 'never seen this before' in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam.Link
21st April 2016 - Hundreds of fish die in a lake, 'never seen this before' in Princeton, New Jersey, America. Link
21st April 2016 - 190,000 birds killed, 62 farms closed, due to avian flu in Plateau, Nigeria. Link
21st April 2016 - Thousands of dead fish found in a lake in Yuriria, Mexico. Link
Losses are not measured in pounds but in thousands of tons. How long will it take for this trend to show up as shortages and higher food prices? Will that prompt our groaning?
Rom 8 v 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.