Brown pelicans on the Gulf Coast are threatened as oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster invades their habitat and nesting grounds. But at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, Louisiana, pelicans rescued from the oil-slicked waters are getting another chance at survival.
OnEarth magazine follows a group of birds through the oil-cleaning process and finds out what it takes to help return them to the wild -- if they can be saved.
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I kid you not.
http://www.businessinsider.com/warning-to-gulf-cleanup-workers-almost-every-crew-member-from-the-1989-exxon-valdez-disaster-is-now-dead-2010-6
This is linked to CNN where the story first broke today.
i and all of my friends knew weeks ago.
but, it is our beaches,our wetlands, our marshes, our homes...
but more importantly, it is about the wildlife.
how can we watch as an oil soaked pelican helplessly gasp for breathe?
We better give the workers some- no- a lot of protection, insurance, etc.
Here are 5 lessons that we should all agree on before taking further action:
http://wp.me/pQr4T-8i
Timothy M Mojonnier
http://www.philosophiesofbusiness.com/blog/