More Mass Animal Deaths ;-)

This was posted on the google map, Mass Animal Deaths:

Dozens of Birds Found Dead in Romania
Updated 5 hours ago

Jan. 11, 2011 CONSTANTA, Romania - Dozens of starlings were found dead in the town of Constanta, a small village located 160 miles east of Bucharest, Romania. After local veterinary ran tests on the birds' livers, they discovered that the birds had drank themselves to death.


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Update: There was nothing mysterious about the death of a flock of birds in Romania last week -- they were simply drunk, veterinarians said.

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I thought this was a joke. The first time I read it the update was not there. So, today when I saw the update, I clicked on the "news" and this is the article from that:


Dozens of Birds Found Dead in Romania, by Larry Seely
January 11, 2011 11:45 AM EST
Dozens of starlings were found dead in the town of Constanta, a small village located 160 miles east of Bucharest, Romania. After local veterinary ran tests on the birds' livers, they discovered that the birds had drank themselves to death.

The birds had eaten leftover grapes left from local wine makers who were making the wine and failed to cleanup the mess in a timely manner.

Residents of the small town alerted authorities after they discovered the dead birds on the outskirt of town. The locals were worried that it could be a case of avian flu, but the local DSVSA ruled out that possibility quickly.

The Starling is a small bird that has bright blue and orange coloring and found all over eastern Europe.

The incident came just days after news of bird and massive death of fish had hit several countries, including the United States. With all the media attention around the globe people are bound to jump conclusions, but there will usually be reasonable explanations.

Actually, I found it very Ukrainian - sounded like a Ukrainian joke. :-)