Times of Trenton: How to help wildlife in danger from oil spill


Megan Broadway from the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies picks up a dead sea turtle after finding it on the beach as concern continues that the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may harm animals in its path on May 3, 2010, in Pass Christian, Miss. 
Photo credit: wcbstv.com

Thousands of animals are in serious danger of death or injury as a result of the massive oil spill in the Louisiana Gulf that continues to pump 210,000 gallons of oil per day into the Gulf of Mexico — that's enough oil to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool every three days. According to published reports, more than 600 species of wildlife are at risk due to the deadly oil spill, including bottlenose dolphins, sperm whales, loggerhead turtles, Pelagic birds, tuna, sailfish and many others. A bird that ingests just a dime-sized globule of oil will die, according to the International Bird Rescue Research Center.
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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 5/11/2010 10:00 AM
Categories: Wildlife
Tags: loggerhead turtles sailfish tuna pelagic birds bp oil spill bottlenose dolphins sperm whales wildlife
 

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