Dead animals found in oil spill: 3 pelicans, 1 dolphin
Source: AP
By BRIAN MELLEY
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials say a dead dolphin and three dead pelicans have been found near the area of an oil spill on the California coast.
Veterinarian Michael Ziccardi said Friday it's not clear if the dolphin found in Santa Barbara Harbor died from exposure to the crude oil that spilled into the ocean from a leak in an underground pipe about 20 miles away.
The director of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network says two sea lions, an elephant seal and six pelicans have been rescued.
Officials say the sheen of oil is thinner than a coat of paint and is becoming harder to skim from choppy, wind-driven waters.
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A bird covered in oil flaps its wings at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., Thursday, May 21, 2015. More than 7,700 gallons of oil has been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California coast, just a fraction of the sticky, stinking goo that escaped from a broken pipeline, officials said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
California mussels and a crab are covered in oil at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., Thursday, May 21, 2015. More than 7,700 gallons of oil has been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California coast, just a fraction of the sticky, stinking goo that escaped from a broken pipeline, officials said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A pelican covered in oil sits on a beach about a mile west of Refugio State Beach, Calif., Wednesday, May 20, 2015. A broken onshore pipeline spewed oil down a storm drain and into the ocean for several hours Tuesday before it was shut off. (Kenneth Song/The News-Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; SANTA MARIA TIMES OUT
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