In The Woods: The Blog for Carl Sams & Jean Stoick » sea life conservation http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:49:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Bird rescuers race to save oiled wildlife in Gulf oil spill http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/2010/05/bird-rescuers-race-to-save-oiled-wildlife-in-gulf-oil-spill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bird-rescuers-race-to-save-oiled-wildlife-in-gulf-oil-spill http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/2010/05/bird-rescuers-race-to-save-oiled-wildlife-in-gulf-oil-spill/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 14:34:44 +0000 Kirt Manecke http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/?p=2974 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>
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Great egret photo by Carl R. Sams II

The article, “Bird rescuers race to save oiled wildlife in Gulf oil spill“, refers to wildlife affected by the BP oil spill as “silent victims”. I could not agree more.

According to the article, it can take four people working 45 minutes and using 300 gallons of water to clean a single pelican. When the birds arrive, veterinarians immediately give them hydration fluids and nutrients because the birds usually have been too consumed with trying to deal with the oil to search for food.

It breaks my heart to see these innocent victims suffer so needlessly. 

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