First Birds & Fish, Now Hundreds of Cows are Dying

The year 2011 just begun, but so far you can call it "The Year of Animals Dying in Mass." The year opened with thousands of birds falling from the sky Arkansas, Louisiana and Kentucky. Then fish were dying Illinois and Maryland. Now hundreds of cows in Wisconsin have been struck dead.

Some 200 cows were found dead at a farm in Portage County, Wisconsin last Friday. But unlike those other animal deaths, its turns out there is a simple explanation for this one. According to preliminary results released this week, the cows died from acute interstitial pneumonia.

Health officials say there is no risk of the pneumonia spreading to humans or the other animals on the farm. Still, no one knows how these cows became infected. Farm owner Jerry Krupka has a theory, though.

"We had 2,000 bales of hay catch on fire here back in October. We had the fire department out, but everybody knows that a hay fire will not go out. It will smolder," he said. "There was smoke coming from that hay for 21/2 weeks, and that smoke blew over the cattle."

Online theologian Paul Begley has a very different theory. He said it is a sign that the end of days is approaching.

Begley said animals deaths -- fish in particular -- seem to follow a prophecy in the Bible in the Book of Hosea, which results from man turning his back on God:

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

"There's something biblically going on with the signs of the second coming of Christ," Begley said in a video.

However, judgment day is still a ways off. Begley said "we still need seven years of tribulation" and "the rise of the anti-Christ" before it all comes to an end.

MarkBryan's picture

to twist the story a bit.
Hundreds of Cows die at church.
I like charred mammal flesh:)
I think the Chickens are behind the whole thing.

hatmaker510's picture

"The Year of Animals Dying in Mass."

So they died in church (in mass) or all together (en masse)? You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.

CRW's picture

There are hundreds of stories of this type:

http://ecosalon.com/pelicans-are-falling-out-of-the-sky-and-other-mysterious-mass-animal-deaths /

So what! I grew up on the east coast, and some group of animals was always washing up on shore. Sometimes it was caused by man, sometimes a bad storm, sometimes an algae bloom, etc.

Before vaccinations, we had runs of measles and other nasty diseases that killed off large numbers of people all at once.

Mass die offs have always been occurring. The difference now is news coverage and the internet :p

tinaturner's picture

birds (B) be Fish (F) fore Cows (C) Christ (before Christ) Get right

Earthmother's picture

I have been a farmer for 50 plus years. Pneumonia in cows is generally shipping fever. The Farm owner has a for hire transport business called JM Farm. I'm guessing he's in the livestock trading business. That's a real easy way to pick up pneumonia and bring it into a herd. It is very strange to me that someone would have 200 DAIRY steers, rather than beef steers. I'm wondering why. Cold weather would have gotten those sick cows all bunched up, passing the sickness thru the herd quickly. BUT the only way they all died at once like that was severe neglect. The "smoke from hay" story sounds like a lot of B.S. to me. He's probably scared he's going to get in trouble for animal neglect....

iagreewithyou's picture

That was my immed. reaction. I bet they started to get sick and he left them out back to die. Only somehow someone discovered it, which usually doesn't happen 95% of the time. Shameless.

Joseph Wales's picture

I'm pretty sure it's aliens. I got a cousin who watched 4 aliens sucking the fluids out of a herd of cows once. Aliens love fluids.

moonman's picture

the use of hormoens and anti biotics created a super bug just like it created mersa namoniea can kill in a few hours and it it was in a farm were the animals were close to one anougher it could spead fast . if anything that would be my guess. if it came from above it would be from chemtrails not ailians and made in a lab so you could put the blame on the zioturds g 20 depopulation program. maybe al gores scientists could figure it out it could be any thing you want it to be.

bongoZbongo's picture

Forget about biblical explanations they are over simplifications and cope outs. We humans are too many and too careless. We are largely responsible for the condition of the PLANET and we have the means to heal it without magic. Pray while riding a bike to work. Help your neighbor by turning off the lights. Share love by adopting a child not producing a new one.

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