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Thousands of dead turtle doves rained down on roofs and cars in an
Italian town in the latest in a growing spate of mass animal deaths
across the globe.
Residents in Faenza described the birds falling to the ground like
‘little Christmas balls’ with strange blue stains on their beaks.
Initial tests on up to 8,000 of the doves indicated that the blue stain could have been caused by poisoning or hypoxia.
Mystery: 8,000 turtle doves fell to the ground dead in Faenza, Italy, and were found to have a blue stain around their beaks
Shock: Residents described seeing individual doves fall from the sky, before groups of 10 or 20 began hitting roofs and cars
A witness told www.examiner.com: ‘We have no idea why this happened all of a sudden.
‘The doves just started fallin… >>>
