一些基督徒,包括印第安納州網上神學家貝格利(Paul Begley),相信以上的動物死亡是末日來臨的徵兆。牛、鳥類和魚類死亡似乎驗證了聖經全書第28本書《何西阿書》中的預言,據說人背離神時發生這樣的事件。「通過起誓、撒謊、屠戮、偷盜、姦淫,他們爆發了,流血接連不斷。(By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. 4:3)」「因此,這地悲哀,其上的民,田野的獸,空中的鳥,必都衰微,海中的魚也必消滅。(Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. 4:4)」