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Mystery over dead animals found in Worthing lake
3:00pm Friday 9th August 2013 in News By Charlotte Ikonen.
Scores of animals have been found dead at a lake ? and no one knows why.
About 50 animals, including ducks, rats, rudd and plaice, have been fished out of Brooklands Lake in Worthing by animal rescue service Worthing and District Animal Rescue Service (WADARS).
WADARS senior animal rescue officer Billy Elliott believes algae is causing the deaths and said the council needs to clean up the lake.
He said: ?A build up of sediment on the lake bed has made it an ideal place for the algae to grow and the warm weather causes it to rise to the surface rotting and contaminating the water killing birds, fish and mammals.
?I have been down to the lake everyday for the past three weeks and have had to pull out at least two dead animals a day.
?The situation has never been this bad before.
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http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10601220.Mystery_over_dead_animals_found_in_Worthing_lake/
3:00pm Friday 9th August 2013 in News By Charlotte Ikonen.
Scores of animals have been found dead at a lake ? and no one knows why.
About 50 animals, including ducks, rats, rudd and plaice, have been fished out of Brooklands Lake in Worthing by animal rescue service Worthing and District Animal Rescue Service (WADARS).
WADARS senior animal rescue officer Billy Elliott believes algae is causing the deaths and said the council needs to clean up the lake.
He said: ?A build up of sediment on the lake bed has made it an ideal place for the algae to grow and the warm weather causes it to rise to the surface rotting and contaminating the water killing birds, fish and mammals.
?I have been down to the lake everyday for the past three weeks and have had to pull out at least two dead animals a day.
?The situation has never been this bad before.
...
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10601220.Mystery_over_dead_animals_found_in_Worthing_lake/