California oil spill: Improved odds for animals caught in crude
Posted on AllSides October 19th, 2021
From The Center
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Faster response times and dedicated resources are improving the odds for wildlife caught up in environmental disasters. We take a look behind the scenes to see what’s led to this progress.
It was a joyous occasion. On Oct. 13, two birds – a ruddy duck and an eared grebe – were the first to be released after being rescued from an oil spill in the coastal waters of Southern California. Set free at a small beach in placid Huntington Harbor, the recovered grebe, once heavily oiled, immediately took flight. The...
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