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 * Official News Television Report ** CNN - Hundreds of Birds Found Dead
 * This video appeared on television on CNN News in mid-January. In this News Report, this CNN broadcast jounalist stands alongside a highway in Alabama. There, hundreds of more blackbirds have been found dead, adding to the number of mass deaths across the nation. The wildlife biologist on the scene to answer some questions is Bill Gates. He goes on to say that scores of birds usually don't just drop dead unless they died of disease, poison, or flew in the night and hit many objects, resulting in their demise.

**Official News Article ** MSNBC - Mass Bird Die-Offs, Feds Poisoned Them
 * On January 21st, NBC News went to Yankton, South Dakota, where hundreds more birds were found dead. Yankton locals questions the creepy sight, wondering if the mass death had anything to do with the recent ones reported around the world. Just as the birds are about to be sent out for testing, officials from the USDA called. The USDA had tried to thin the population of the blackbirds, since they were over-populating the area and desecrating on fields while eating cattle feed. Poison ended up being the cause.

**Public Blogs Regarding the Latest News/Conspiracy Theories on Mass Animal Deaths ** TheyLie.com
 * This blog covers topics of recent controversy, one being the recent mass animal deaths. The young blogger behind this post talks about whether or not these deaths have resulted in some kind of government cover-up. Speculations that are made in this blog lead conspiracy theorists to question more theories posted on the Internet. So was it natural causes, or somehow a cover-up?

[|Liquida.com]
 * Liquida is a public blog for anyone who is willing to become a member. It represents multiple blog posts. The site chooses a topic, and lists posts made my bloggers relating to that topic of choice. For this particular post, bloggers are asked to submit their theories regarding the recent mass animal deaths.

**Book Recommendation Relating to Mass Animal Deaths ** **Plum Island** By Nelson Demille
 * Summary: **
 * In Nelson Demille's //Plum Island, //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">the <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">story begins off the northeast coast of Long Island in New York state, where NYPD homicide detective, John Corey, has moved into his uncle's home overlooking Great Peconic Bay. Corey has gone to live there as he recovers from wounds he's recieved in the line of duty. Corey is soon hired by an old friend, Chief of the Southold Town PD to help out in the investigation of a local murder. Tom and Judy Gordon, biologists who worked on Plum Island, the site of animal disease research for the Department of Agriculture, have been found dead with no explanation. Corey must now figure out whether the Gordons were murdered because they'd stolen some valuable new vaccine, or even a man-made virus. The search continues in this thrilling depiction of the mysterious Plum Island, a United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of animal diseases. Since 1954, the center has had the goal of protecting America's livestock from animal diseases, but other programs within have been the subject of controversy. During the Cold War a secret biological weapons program targeting livestock was conducted at the site. Numbers of dead birds found around the island have caused conspiracy theorists to question the ideals of the facility.

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">﻿ Credible Review: ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Kirkus Reviews - Plum Island