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Showing posts with label Gulf oil spill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gulf oil spill. Show all posts
Sunday, September 5, 2010
The Journey North for 1000 Dogs from Louisiana (VIDEO)
In the wake of the BP Gulf Oil Spill, these dogs get another chance (YouTube)
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Dawn Kairns
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Dawn Kairns
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Numbers of Oil Soaked Animals in the Gulf Increasing: What It Takes to Help Those Rescued
The number of birds found alive in the past several days has increased to 289 with 86 arriving on one single day according to Sharon Seltzer on her Care 2 blog post. They are primarily brown pelicans thickly covered in oil, and some are hardly recognizable. Another 547 birds have been found dead.
Scientists and others with specialized skills in marine life are on standby to either receive animals or send their teams to the area.
"All of the rescued wildlife exposed to the oil must be thoroughly cleaned. The process for the pelicans is painstaking and a large warehouse in Louisiana is being used for the job. And after the procedure the birds remain at the make-shift rehab center for 7 to 10 days before being transported to Florida and released...
Some are flown in by helicopter and others arrive at the warehouse in dog carriers. All are stressed by their unfamiliar surrounding and handling by humans. ABC News explained the details of the cleaning process..."
The next few weeks will be critical for all wildlife affected by the oil spill...
Read full story here at the Care 2 blog by Sharon Seltzer
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According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 278 sea turtles have been hurt by the spill.
"All of the rescued wildlife exposed to the oil must be thoroughly cleaned. The process for the pelicans is painstaking and a large warehouse in Louisiana is being used for the job. And after the procedure the birds remain at the make-shift rehab center for 7 to 10 days before being transported to Florida and released...
Some are flown in by helicopter and others arrive at the warehouse in dog carriers. All are stressed by their unfamiliar surrounding and handling by humans. ABC News explained the details of the cleaning process..."
The next few weeks will be critical for all wildlife affected by the oil spill...
Read full story here at the Care 2 blog by Sharon Seltzer
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Dawn Kairns
Author of MAGGIE the dog who changed my life
Website: www.dawnkairns.com
Twitter: themaggiebook
Sunday, June 6, 2010
The Animals of the Oil Spill We're Not Seeing (Video)
Why am I, an author of a dog book, spending so much time sharing often difficult to look at photos of animal casualties of the Gulf oil spill? Because I am an animal lover and my blog, although usually oriented towards dogs and animal issues such as puppy mills, is also devoted to animal rescue and showing the incredible beings of light that animals are. Who is in more need of rescue right now than those animals suffering in the Gulf? (The human plight of loss in the Gulf is, of course, another story). I have been to the Gulf in the past, have seen her beauty, and delighted in the magnificence of the pelicans, seagulls, sandpipers, egrets, dolphins and more. To see them in the shape they are in now is heart wrenching. Many of these innocent ones of the Gulf oil spill tragedy will not be helped by what I write and share. But may we all, in seeing their suffering, find our voices to do whatever it takes to be sure this never happens again ...
The Spill We're Not Seeing (YouTube): Reporter Matthew Lysiak of the New York Daily News gets into off limits area along coast of Louisiana near Grand Isle and photographs dead marine animals. See more photos and story at NYdailynews.com
The Dead and Dying Animals BP Doesn't Want You to See (YouTube video) The animal photos are in the middle of this MSNBC broadcast clip:
Gulf of Mexico Wildlife Casualities/Wildlife Species in Danger (You Tube)
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Dawn Kairns
Author of MAGGIE the dog who changed my life
Website: www.dawnkairns.com
Blog: Dawn Kairns and Maggie the Dog
Twitter: themaggiebook
The Spill We're Not Seeing (YouTube): Reporter Matthew Lysiak of the New York Daily News gets into off limits area along coast of Louisiana near Grand Isle and photographs dead marine animals. See more photos and story at NYdailynews.com
The Dead and Dying Animals BP Doesn't Want You to See (YouTube video) The animal photos are in the middle of this MSNBC broadcast clip:
Gulf of Mexico Wildlife Casualities/Wildlife Species in Danger (You Tube)
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Dawn Kairns
Author of MAGGIE the dog who changed my life
Blog: Dawn Kairns and Maggie the Dog
Twitter: themaggiebook
Friday, June 4, 2010
How Pelicans Rescued from Oil Spill Are Washed & Learn Oil Effects (Video)
See How an Oiled Bird Is Washed and How You Can Support the Effort
Oiled Brown Pelican upon intake May 20, 2010 at Fort Jackson, Louisiana Oiled Wildlife Center.
If you are as concerned about the effects on birds and wildlife from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as I am, you’ll be interested in watching this video and seeing how help is being given one bird at a time. The pictures and video tell the story.
As the severity of the Gulf Coast oil spill increases a number of wildlife rescue organizations are on the front line. Among the most prominent are the bird rescue specialists from International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC). 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 will most impact the birds. To support the IBRRC’s efforts go here.
In this video from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Jay Holcomb, Executive Director of the IBRRC, explains to us what happens when a bird becomes oiled and demonstrates how an oiled bird from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is washed at the Fort Jackson Rehabilitation Center in Louisiana.
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Dawn Kairns
Author of MAGGIE the dog who changed my life
Website: www.dawnkairns.com
Blog: Dawn Kairns and Maggie the Dog
Twitter: themaggiebook
Oiled Brown Pelican upon intake May 20, 2010 at Fort Jackson, Louisiana Oiled Wildlife Center.
source: IBRRC photostream on Flickr
As the severity of the Gulf Coast oil spill increases a number of wildlife rescue organizations are on the front line. Among the most prominent are the bird rescue specialists from International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC). 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 will most impact the birds. To support the IBRRC’s efforts go here.
In this video from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Jay Holcomb, Executive Director of the IBRRC, explains to us what happens when a bird becomes oiled and demonstrates how an oiled bird from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is washed at the Fort Jackson Rehabilitation Center in Louisiana.
Before & After: Oiled Brown Pelican Washed at Fort Jackson, Lousiana Oiled Wildlife Center source: IBRRC photostream on Flickr
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Dawn Kairns
Author of MAGGIE the dog who changed my life
Blog: Dawn Kairns and Maggie the Dog
Twitter: themaggiebook
Monday, May 24, 2010
My Letter to President Obama Regarding the Gulf Oil Spill Catastrophe
Dear President Obama,
Like many Americans, I have watched oil continue to pour into the Gulf with shock, horror, and anger. BP clearly does not have a working plan for sealing this leak. I can't help but wonder why you or a committee appointed by you have not created a think tank of experts from farmers to aerospace engineers to solve this leak that is destroying countless lives of marine animals, precious marshlands, reefs, shores, livelihoods, etc.
Please, Mr. President, take charge of this catastrophe. We have the minds in this country to solve it. Please, our ocean and the life she contains has already been so damaged, perhaps irreversibly. We may have lost some species forever. It is time to act. We need the greatest minds working on this. If BP hasn't solved how to seal the leak by now, please don't leave it in their hands alone.
I urge you to bring together a think tank to solve the crisis of thousands of oil pouring into our ocean each day from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. We believed you when you said, "yes we can." I find myself feeling more powerless with each passing day with no end in sight to the gushing oil. Please, please show us that we can.
Sincerely,
Dawn Kairns
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Dawn Kairns
Author of MAGGIE the dog who changed my life
Website: www.dawnkairns.com
2009 Indie Book Awards Finalist
DWAA 2008 Merial Human-Animal Bond Award Finalist
Like many Americans, I have watched oil continue to pour into the Gulf with shock, horror, and anger. BP clearly does not have a working plan for sealing this leak. I can't help but wonder why you or a committee appointed by you have not created a think tank of experts from farmers to aerospace engineers to solve this leak that is destroying countless lives of marine animals, precious marshlands, reefs, shores, livelihoods, etc.
Please, Mr. President, take charge of this catastrophe. We have the minds in this country to solve it. Please, our ocean and the life she contains has already been so damaged, perhaps irreversibly. We may have lost some species forever. It is time to act. We need the greatest minds working on this. If BP hasn't solved how to seal the leak by now, please don't leave it in their hands alone.
I urge you to bring together a think tank to solve the crisis of thousands of oil pouring into our ocean each day from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. We believed you when you said, "yes we can." I find myself feeling more powerless with each passing day with no end in sight to the gushing oil. Please, please show us that we can.
Sincerely,
Dawn Kairns
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Dawn Kairns
Author of MAGGIE the dog who changed my life
2009 Indie Book Awards Finalist
DWAA 2008 Merial Human-Animal Bond Award Finalist
Thursday, May 20, 2010
The Innocent Animal Faces of the Oil Spill
My heart goes out to the families of the 11 people senselessly killed on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Explosion. This explosion could have been prevented according to Mike Williams, an engineer who survived (you can view last Sunday's 60 Minutes online) by jumping into the oil filled waters before the rig sank. And my heart goes out to the fishermen whose livelihood is in peril. To the beach resort businesses who are suffering.
Mike Williams described the burning pain he experienced as he swam through leaking oil, away from the burning Deepwater Horizon to safety. How many sea animals are out there suffering this burning pain before dying? My heart is aching for what has and is happening to our Gulf birds, fish, sea mammals, insects, reef life -- to our beautiful, alive ocean. The eggs of the migratory birds that may never see life. The wetlands and fragile shores. These photos from the Huffington Post are not pretty, but I want somehow to honor the innocent animals, the animal lives taken that we'll never be able to count because they will sink to the bottom of the sea -- those who may become extinct as a result of this horrific human-caused tragedy.
For what has and is happening to you, I am so, so sorry ...
Dawn Kairns
Author of MAGGIE the dog who changed my life
Website: www.dawnkairns.com
2009 Indie Book Awards Finalist
DWAA 2008 Merial Human-Animal Bond Award Finalist
Mike Williams described the burning pain he experienced as he swam through leaking oil, away from the burning Deepwater Horizon to safety. How many sea animals are out there suffering this burning pain before dying? My heart is aching for what has and is happening to our Gulf birds, fish, sea mammals, insects, reef life -- to our beautiful, alive ocean. The eggs of the migratory birds that may never see life. The wetlands and fragile shores. These photos from the Huffington Post are not pretty, but I want somehow to honor the innocent animals, the animal lives taken that we'll never be able to count because they will sink to the bottom of the sea -- those who may become extinct as a result of this horrific human-caused tragedy.
For what has and is happening to you, I am so, so sorry ...
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Author of MAGGIE the dog who changed my life
2009 Indie Book Awards Finalist
DWAA 2008 Merial Human-Animal Bond Award Finalist
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