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IBRRC In Action: Saving Oiled Wildlife in the Gulf
A team of bird rescue specialists from International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) has been deployed along the Gulf Coast to help with an all-hands-on-deck effort to rescue seabirds caught in the Mississippi Canyon 252 - Deepwater Horizon uncontrolled oil leak.
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IBRRC is working with Tri-State Bird Rescue, the lead oiled wildlife organization on the ground, to set up and staff rehabilitation centers in Louisiana, Alabama Mississippi and Florida, where the growing oil slick is expected to impact birds. We now have more than 20 members of our Oil Spill Response Team working on the Gulf Oil Spill.
See:With proactive capture, oiled birds CAN be rehabilitated
HOW TO HELP
While those responsible for this well blow out are covering the cost of the Gulf of Mexico clean-up, you can support the ongoing work of the non-profit organizations currently on the ground preparing to respond to oiled wildlife. You can support International Bird Rescue’s ongoing programs to rescue and rehabilitate aquatic birds by donating, becoming a member or adopting a bird.
Please also remember our friends at Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research who we are partnering with in this ongoing effort on the Gulf Coast.
Read more about how to help
OUR OF TEAM OF EXPERTS
Director Jay Holcomb is leading the Mississippi Canyon oil leak response team. He’s worked on over 200 spills around the world.
Read more about our bird rescue experts
WE’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE
IBRRC isn’t a stranger to Louisiana oil spills. In 2005 we assisted local groups following Tropical Storm Arlene.
Read more about the Louisiana 2005 response
MEDIA INFORMATION
News from Oiled Wildlife Rescue Team. Contact info, daily briefings and rescue center directions. Oiled Bird Numbers provided by Unified Area Command
Read more in the Media Center
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: HOW WE TREAT OILED BIRDS
IBRRC’s important answers to common questions regarding the treatment of oiled birds and other wildlife. With video and photos. Read it here
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This is what your shitty suburban attitude that EVERYONE needs a car does to our environment. Not impressed? The next spill might cover your children in oil. Picture that…
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gulf photos unlike most.
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Make a mother effing difference.
Birds and other wildlife are completely choking in oil and dying while you worry about downloading more movies and music on your iphone. Or maybe you’re concerned with shopping this weekend, or the paint on your nails.
How about you skip buying a $3-$10 nail polish and donate that money to save an animals life?
I know its absurd, thinking the world revolves around someone other than you. Or maybe you think you’re too far removed from the situation. You arent. You can help.
Please help. Please donate and skip that nail polish or ringtone you wanted to buy for yourself.
The good news is that P&G provides Dawn for free to the International Bird Rescue Research Center and its partner organizations. Salvado said staff from these groups will simply tell P&G what’s needed, and the Dawn is immediately shipped out. So far, 2,000 bottles of the dish-washing detergent have been flown to Gulf animal rescue sites. The Dawn is diluted to about 1 percent, so a little goes a long way.
Thanks to P&G, you don’t need to worry about donating soap.
As you might guess, however, money is always needed by animal rescue groups, especially during these tough economic times. Below are just a few of the organizations associated with the Gulf oil spill wildlife recovery that could use your help:
The International Bird Rescue Research Center (web page for money donations)
http://www.ibrrc.org/donate_online.html
Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research
http://www.tristatebird.org/support/how
Louisiana Wildlife Rehabilitators Association
Louisiana State Animal Response Team
http://lsart.org/site/view/62428_Donations.pml
Mobile (Alabama) Baykeeper
http://www.mobilebaykeeper.org/support-join
Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife
Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/
The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies
http://www.imms.org/deep_water_horizon_oil_spill.php
There are many other organizations involved, both small and large. If you live in one of the Gulf states, I hope that you might already be supporting one of your local groups.
The Oiled Wildlife Care Network at UC Davis has also set up a phone number for people who are interested in volunteering with the oil spill response effort.
That toll free number is 1-866-448-5816.
