>>520944861
>nearly 3 billion birds gone from the US since 1970

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/vanishing-1-in-4-birds-gone/?_gl=1*574m1f*_gcl_au*NzkwODkxODEwLjE3NjI2NTI2NzI.*_ga*MTc2MjM4ODE2LjE3NjI2NTI2NzM.*_ga_QR4NVXZ8BM*czE3NjI2NTI2NzMkbzEkZzAkdDE3NjI2NTI2NzMkajYwJGwwJGgyMjg4MjQzNQ..

>>"More than 80,000 birds have died over the past two and half months at a network of wildlife refuges on the Oregon-California border" - September 2024

https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2024/09/tens-of-thousands-of-birds-die-at-wildlife-refuges-in-southern-oregon-the-largest-die-off-to-date.html

>>"The deaths, linked to a rare combination of botulism and avian flu, increased sharply since the end of August when about 5,000 dead birds had been counted."

>>"Most of the birds have died at the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, one of the refuges in the network.."

>>"The outbreak has surpassed the outbreak of 2020, when at least 60,000 waterfowl and shorebirds died of botulism at the refuges.."

>>"Botulism, which paralyzes birds from the bottom up until they are unable to fly and then to breathe, is caused by a natural toxin produced by soil-dwelling bacteria, but typically doesn’t lead to large-scale die-offs."

BONUS MINK:
>denmarks 17 million minks - 2020

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/here-s-why-denmark-culled-17-million-minks-now-plans-n1249610