Kellye Harkey

International:
Some 15,000 wildebeest have drowned in the Mara river during their annual migration between Tanzania and Kenya, shocking tourists and baffling conservationists, officials said on Wednesday. The mass death of the animals was the first of its kind in recent memory, officials said, and struck during peak season at the globally renowned Maasai Mara Game Reserve, which attracts some 300,000 tourists each year. The carcasses of wildebeest rotting since last week are being picked over by Maribu storks, vultures, crocodiles and other scavengers.
Some visitors clutch handkerchiefs to their faces to cope with the smell as they take pictures of the pileup of corpses. "It was a strong tide that swept them away," said Mara administrative official, Sarisa Nkadaru, adding that most wildebeest died when they were stepped on by others.

Opinion: So this is really sad but honestly I couldnt really find anything else that interested me. Im sure theres was liberal PETA people up in arms and crying about this whole "tragedy". But look at the bright side vultures and other animals are getting fed. hmm the circle of life!

International:
Police in Japan arrested a man who ran an Internet suicide site for allegedly killing a woman who paid him to do so, an official said Thursday.
Kazunari Saito, a 33-year-old electrician, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly giving Sayaka Nishizawa, 21, sleeping pills and suffocating her in April, a police official in Kanagawa said, speaking on condition of anonymity, citing policy.Nishizawa contacted the suspect through an Internet suicide site he hosted and paid him $1,700, according to the official.
Nishizawa's father found her body on April 16 in her apartment in Kanagawa, just south of Tokyo. Police had been investigating the case after a note suggesting suicide was found, but her cell phone and keys were missing, Kyodo News agency reported.
The suspect told police the woman had asked him to "see through" the dying process, Kyodo said.

Opinion:
This is so sad. Im glad this guy got arrested because that is not his place to take someone elses life. It makes me sad that this women would want to take her life but even if she asked him too he should of said no. But thats the sad thing about this world is that people will do anything for money no matter what the cost.