GIRONA - Spanish authorities rescued native fish from a river shrivelled by a prolonged drought on Wednesday (April 26), as the country endured abnormally high temperatures that Spain's meteorological agency attributed to climate change. In the northeastern city of Girona, officials used small electric shocks to stun fish in the river Onyar before putting them into plastic bags and transferring...
A worker sets free some native fish species to another location due to the low water level of the River Onyar, in Girona, Spain on April 26.GIRONA - Spanish authorities rescued native fish from a river shrivelled by a prolonged drought on Wednesday , as the country endured abnormally high temperatures that Spain's meteorological agency attributed to climate change.
The picture of a handful of wading workers trying to save the fish, with the water only reaching their calves, contrasted with Jan 2019 when the same river overflowed during a storm. The animals struggled to survive in the low-oxygen waters, so they were euthanised to protect drinking water from contamination.
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