"Look, the state farm is dumping shit." All the fish in a Nizhny Novgorod pond have died: Residents blame the livestock farm.
Hundreds of fish died in a pond the village of Kazakovo near Nizhny NovgorodResidents believe the ecological disaster is caused by a state farm in the neighboring village of Zvyagino, which dumps cow waste into a pond.
A fish kill occurred this spring, killing carp, pike, perch, crucian carp, and tench. Dead fish littered the entire shore and surface of the reservoir, but authorities have already removed some to avoid causing a fuss.
According to local residents, the farm has sewage septic tanks, but when the snow melts, they overflow and flow into the pond. Farm management is aware of this.
"There, the state farm is dumping shit. There it is—over the fence, and flowing here. They dug a trench along the field, along the ravine."- comments A local resident films manure being dumped into a pond.
According to a local pensioner, a similar incident occurred four years ago. The farm director admitted that his farm had polluted the pond, asked people to keep quiet, and, as compensation, released a carp into the pond—now it's dead.
Journalists attempted to obtain an explanation from the farm's management, but all offices were closed. Regulatory authorities have also not yet responded to their inquiries.
Agricultural enterprises often harm the environment. Previously, farm runoff flooded whole village near RyazanAlso village near Nizhny Novgorod, and cow dung got in into Lake Baikal.
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