These photos were published on NextDoor Newton (longin required) with the following question:
Anyone know what killed the sunfish in the pond/lake at Cutler Park? (It wasn’t my dog. She simply discove
ed the bodies.)
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Someone just texted me additional photos. This is really intense and disturbing.
My Daughter sent me photos today. It was unnerving when she came upon it whole walking our dog. I sent the pictures to my brother at NBC. They may look into it.
There’s some interesting information here.
Jenna Fisher Newton Patch reports on the killings here and says MassWildLife officials “don’t think it was a man made or pollution related event.”
I don’t know how deep the pond/lake is, but is there a chance that it saw a full depth freeze? We did have some of the coldest weather ever, for an extended period of time this winter.
From Mass.gov
Winter Fish Kills
Thick ice and heavy snow cover can result in low dissolved oxygen levels in ponds. With increasing ice and snow packs there is less light penetration through the water column. This alters chemical and biological processes, often resulting in a winter fish kill.