Heavy rain and a subsequent change in water temperature are being blamed for a fish kill at a pond in The Villages.

The dead fish were floating in the water at a pond at Drake Drive near the entrance to the Village of Pine Ridge off County Road 466A.

Dead fish were floating in the pond near the entrance to the Village of Pine Ridge at Drake Drive.
Dead fish were floating in the pond near the entrance to the Village of Pine Ridge at Drake Drive.

District Property Management reported that the cause of the fish kill was a drastic change in the temperature due to a significant rain event. 

Vultures and other birds quickly swept in to take advantage of the feast.

Vultures were att= the pond feasting on the dead fish
Vultures were at the pond feasting on the dead fish.

District Property Management added there was no threat to residents.

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