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Two dogs killed by Killer Bees
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Killers Bees are a cross between the European Honey Bee and the African Honey Bee. The result is a highly intelligent aggressive bee species.
The were created in Brazil, but they have migrated to the southern USA. If disturbed they will attack. The two dogs who were killed were in their own yard, but when something disturbed the bees, they went after the dogs. Sadly the dogs had no where to go to protect themselves from the bees. Hundreds of bees stung them.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/2-dogs-d...es-3877046

This is worrying. The bees are dangerous to any animal. They will probably migrate anywhere that it is warm enough for them to survive.
It is a mistake to just randomly cross two species like this. The results are dangerous. The bees should have never been let loose.

It must have been terrifying for the dogs. They had no way to protect themselves.
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Catherine

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A tragic event. The story of the person doing the experiments which led to this massive interbreeding can be read in the link below. His name was W.E. Kerr (see "History" heading in the article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_bee

Amazingly, the man was given awards by Brazil, whereas IMHO what he did was dangerous - even if he wasn't personally responsible for the release of the African species into the wild.

Why do humans always have to meddle with nature?
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I did not realize how many people had been killed by the bees. Equally shocking is the fact that horses have been killed.
The whole situation is a mess. I can't believe Kerr was given awards. What he did was dangerous and we still don't know how far the  bees are going to spread. We have really messed up this time. Global warming will allow the bees to survive further north. Who knows what will come of that.
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