Map of bird and fish deaths worldwide: causes

Before the current episode of bird and fish deaths shown on the map, Andrea Silverthorne wrote in her final paper in Environmental Ethics at St Thomas University, that widespread bird and fish deaths were:

"clearly attributable to methane oxidation to formaldehyde. It cause acidosis, which burns the lining of the blood vessels and damages organs feigning trauma. Formaldehyde turns to formic acid in the body which is naturally occurring, but massive amounts kills you. As in any other acidic reaction, once it reacts, there is little trace of it left."

Read her report in full (PDF)

Isn't it remarkable that most of these occurrences are in the West? Might that be because the West is more likely to report these incidents, or because of what the West is engaged in?

5000+ Black Birds 500+ Black Birds Dozens of Black Birds 100,000 Drum Fish Tens of Thousands - Fish Thousands of Fish Thousands of Fish Dozens of fish Fish 50 - 100 Birds - Jackdaws Penguins 24 birds - H5N1 flu 100 Pelicans 300+ Doves 70 Bats 100 Tons of Fish Hundreds of Snapper 10 Tons of fish Hundreds of fish Thousands of fish Hundreds of Fish Hundreds of Fish Scores of Fish Hundreds of Fish 150 Tons of Red Tilapias Thousands of Fish Scores of dead fish Several Manatees Hundreds of Starfish, Jellyfish 200 Birds