Hundreds of dead fish are piling up in Iowa community
Updated: 7:36 AM CDT Aug 10, 2022
Hundreds of dead fish are piling up in Iowa community
Updated: 7:36 AM CDT Aug 10, 2022
YOUR FORECAST IS LESS THAN A MINUTE AWAY. NO THIS MORNING, DEAD CARP ARE PILING UP IN LAKE AND PEOPLE ARE ASKING THE DNR WHAT TO DO TO GET RID OF THEM. ONE RESIDENT HAD MORE THAN 100 ON HIS SHORELINE MONDAY WITH DOZENS MORE FLOATING IN THE WATER. CAN’T BE PRETTY. THEY’RE BEING KILLED BY KOI VIRUS STORM LIKE TIMES PILOT SPOKE TO THE IOWA DNR. THEY SAY THE EASIEST THING TO DO IS JUST THE CAR BACK INTO THE WATE
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Hundreds of dead fish are piling up in Iowa community
Updated: 7:36 AM CDT Aug 10, 2022
Dead carp are piling up in Storm Lake. It's causing people to ask the Department of Natural Resources what they can do to get rid of them.One resident had more than one hundred on his shoreline Monday with dozens more floating in the water. The fish are being killed by the koi herpes virus.The Storm Lake Times Pilot spoke to the Iowa DNR.They say the easiest thing to do is push the carp back into the water because the fish will decompose quicker that way.Click below to watch more news from KCCI:
STORM LAKE, Iowa —
Dead carp are piling up in Storm Lake. It's causing people to ask the Department of Natural Resources what they can do to get rid of them.
One resident had more than one hundred on his shoreline Monday with dozens more floating in the water.
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The fish are being killed by the koi herpes virus.
The Storm Lake Times Pilot spoke to the Iowa DNR.
They say the easiest thing to do is push the carp back into the water because the fish will decompose quicker that way.
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