A conservation charity says a stretch of the River Soar in Leicester is 'in crisis'.
Thousands of fish have died along a stretch of the River Soar in Leicester after oxygen levels in the water plummeted in the hot weather.They said the volume of dead creatures caused a "putrid stink" near to St Nicholas Circle as they rotted in the heat.UOCEAN's Chris Desai said the smell of dead fish was unbearable
He said: "I first started getting messages [about the dead fish] on Thursday night when someone said there were fish literally trying to jump out of the river onto the bank. "Unfortunately you could see the river was in crisis. This is the sort of event that it can take years for fish stocks to recover from."Mr Desai said the city centre river had too much litter in it but that had not caused the deaths on this occasionMr Desai said: "Fish can normally manage at 40% - which is still not great - but they had no chance here.
"The heat also caused the algae to bloom and when that happens it sucks even more oxygen from the water. There were multiple reasons this happened."
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