A Northern Gannet bird covered in oil - pics

[Kadie]

A Northern Gannet bird is covered in oil, from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico, at a Clean Gulf Associates Mobile Wildlife Rehabilitation station in Fort Jackson, Louisiana April 30, 2010. The United States scrambled on Friday to ward off an ecological disaster that could cost billions of dollars as a huge, spreading oil spill reached coastal Louisiana, imperiling wildlife and seafood areas.


A Northern Gannet bird is covered in oil, from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico, at a Clean Gulf Associates Mobile Wildlife Rehabilitation station in Fort Jackson, Louisiana April 30, 2010. The United States scrambled on Friday to ward off an ecological disaster that could cost billions of dollars as a huge, spreading oil spill reached coastal Louisiana, imperiling wildlife and seafood areas.


A Northern Gannet bird is covered in oil, from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico, at a Clean Gulf Associates Mobile Wildlife Rehabilitation station in Fort Jackson, Louisiana April 30, 2010. The United States scrambled on Friday to ward off an ecological disaster that could cost billions of dollars as a huge, spreading oil spill reached coastal Louisiana, imperiling wildlife and seafood areas.


Dr. Erica Miller, right, and Danene Birtell with Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research work to give a dose of Pepto-Bismol to a Northern Gannet bird, normally white when full grown, which is covered in oil from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico, at a facility in Fort Jackson, La. , Friday, April 30, 2010.


Some of the items used to help birds affected by the oil spill are seen at a facility set up by Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research in Fort Jackson, La. , Friday, April 30, 2010.



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[amborin]

1. K&R another totally preventable catastrophe for wildlife

[flyarm]

2. we had dead birds reported on our SW Fla beaches several days ago.

Along with a awful smell from Clearwater down to Ft Meyers.

Just reported on our Fla news..the oil could reach Fla panhandle beaches by Monday! as the winds are expected to turn east.

[zappaman]

3. Ugh

Get ready for a whole lot more sickening pictures.
This is bad...really bad.

[Omaha Steve]

4. We need a link to donate to

K&R!

[Kadie]

6. Here is a place

The International Bird Rescue Research Center
http://www.ibrrc.org/

From a thread I posted earlier today...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8246956

[Wednesdays]

5. He's probably one of the lucky ones

One of the few that will get some sort of treatment, and possibly a chance for survival. There will be untold thousands not so lucky, I'm sure. :cry: