Thousands of birds die in important wetlands from deadly diseases caused by pollution
By Andrea Vance from Photo: Supplied/ Waikato Times – Christel Yardley A strange silence took hold of Whangamarino. It’s dead silence. The bodies of thousands of dead birds piled up around the vast mosaic of swamps, marshes, bogs and open water between Waikato’s Meremere and Te Kauwhata. Wetlands are generally an oasis for rare wildlife. …
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