A new report on the San Francisco Oil Spill response officially released today, won’t surprise most folks. The Coast Guard is roundly criticized for it’s incredibly slow communication the first day of the spill when it took nearly 10 hours to let people know that copius amounts of oil spilled from the Cosco Busan container … Read more
Do you have video footage of the Cosco Busan oil spill response? Want to share it with others? The San Francisco Ocean Film Festival wants you to submit your video work of the clean up-efforts, the local animals, beaches and people that have been affected by the November 2007 disaster. Post your videos here“Everyone is … Read more
The wildlife response teams working in Patagonia released the first 30 penguins washed of oil today. “It was very emotional for volunteers and all other groups involved. About 50 or so should be ready on Saturday, said Jay Holcomb, IBRRC’s Executive Director. “There are about 190 penguins left so we are beginning to see the … Read more
Direct from Patagonia, Jay Holcomb, IBRRC’s Executive Director, sent this latest update on the Argentina oil spill response: Today we finished washing most of the birds accept about 8 of the last penguins. We also washed the 4 new oiled cormorants and 5 rewash cormorants that still had wet underwings meaning that they likely have … Read more
There’s a terrific column by Elise Patkotak in the Anchorage Daily News this week on volunteering to help with the 30 Bald Eagles treated at IBRRC and Bird TLC’s Alaska Center: “…So far, all the eagles that came to Bird TLC survived not only the slime dive but also the bathing and spraying and blow … Read more
Nice article by Peter Fimrite on the front page of today’s San Francisco Chronicle about the Frigatebird found in Healdsburg and now being treated at IBRRC in Cordelia: “A giant tropical bird – a type rarely, if ever, seen in the Bay Area – got stuck in the vortex of a hurricane-force Pacific storm this … Read more
The reward was raised today to $6,000 for information on the culprits that shot this American White Pelican with an arrow earlier this month in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. Others stepped forward to add another $3,500 to the reward started by the The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS. The … Read more
Jay Holcomb, IBRRC’s Executive Director, who is in Argentina, sent this update from Patagonia oil spill response this evening: We established today as a big major penguin washing day so that we can wrap this spill up. With water issues and other problems we have only been able to wash a total of 25 or … Read more
The first bunch of grebes cleaned of oil at the Patagonia mystery spill in Argentina were released this week. In all, 14 Great Grebes were set free into the wild. At least 50 volunteers showed up to celebrate the release. They have been working with the IBRRC/IFAW response team to help remove the oil from … Read more
There’s high anxiety along the English Channel this week after a cargo ship carrying 313 tons of fuel oil sank in high seas. The 328-foot vessel was carrying lumber from Scandinavia to Egypt. Environmentalists fear that if the oil leaks from the ship’s tanks, which is nearly 100,000 gallons in US measurements, it could have … Read more