SOCIAL: news from IBRRC Executive Director from Fort Jackson, Louisiana

[adee .]

hi,

here is a group during bird rescue that i am helping to support financially.

adee




               It is becoming the nightmare of our worst fears.  I know you
are all concerned, indeed sickened and angered by the horrible travesty. The
good folks at International Bird Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (IBRRC) in
Long Beach and Vacaville are leading the oiled bird rescue effort in
Louisiana.  The leader, Jay Holcomb, has been a key participant in more than
200 rescue efforts.
 Here below is an update from Jay.  The costs for the rescue there are
covered by the clean up funds.
               But you can help with the ongoing effort of wild animal
rescue and our everyday pelican rescue and help by donating to IBRRC (
http://www.ibrrc.org/index.html) or PelicanNetwork (
http://www.pelicannetwork.net) - or send us a message in a reply to this
message.  Thanks.  Let's hope and act.

                   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.

           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.

               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.

                   The numbers of severely oiled birds jumped yesterday and
Jay Holcomb returns with his updates from the BP Gulf Oil Spill wildlife
response:

                           "Well, I am sure by now you have all seen the
pictures of the oiled birds that were captured in Grande Isle, Louisiana. We
are busy today with those birds and I have been delinquent in writing
current blog postings. I will begin again tonight and keep you all updated.

                           "Please know that we are all doing well here,
unhappy like you that this is happening, but we have a great master plan to
offset as much damage to the birds as we can. For those of you who are
asking about ways that you can either support us or donate to us, I thank
you for your generosity. I also want you all to understand that this entire
oiled bird rehabilitation effort is being paid for by BP. This is
appropriate as they are the Responsible Party for this spill.

                           "If you would like to send donations then please
keep in mind that your local wildlife rehabilitation organization really
needs your help also. They care for the same wild animals that are being
impacted by the spill. A pelican is a pelican whether is it tangled in
fishing tackle or oiled! Please send support to your local wildlife
rehabilitation organizations. You can also support IBRRC and Tri-State’s
ongoing bird rehabilitation efforts if you like and that information is
available on our web sites."
                           – Jay Holcomb, IBRRC Executive Director from Fort
Jackson, Louisiana

       At least 40 million gallons of crude has been dumped into the Gulf of
Mexico and harmed fragile breeding grounds for Brown Pelicans and other
shorebirds. Six weeks after the blow out, BP has yet to significantly stem
the flow in the nation's worst oil disaster.


"In the end, we will conserve only what we love;
We will love only what we understand:
And, we will understand only what we are taught."
Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist
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