hi,<br><br>here is a group during bird rescue that i am helping to support financially.<br><br>adee<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><br>
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.<br>
Here below is an update from Jay. The costs for the rescue there are covered by the clean up funds.<br>
But you can help with the ongoing effort of wild animal rescue and our everyday pelican rescue and help by donating to IBRRC (<a href="http://www.ibrrc.org/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ibrrc.org/index.html</a>) or PelicanNetwork (<a href="http://www.pelicannetwork.net" target="_blank">http://www.pelicannetwork.net</a>) - or send us a message in a reply to this message. Thanks. Let's hope and act.<br>
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IBRRC In Action: Saving Oiled Wildlife in the Gulf<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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HOW TO HELP<br>
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.<br>
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The numbers of severely oiled birds jumped yesterday and Jay Holcomb returns with his updates from the BP Gulf Oil Spill wildlife response:<br>
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"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.<br>
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"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.<br>
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"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."<br>
– Jay Holcomb, IBRRC Executive Director from Fort Jackson, Louisiana<br>
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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.<br>
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"In the end, we will conserve only what we love;<br>
We will love only what we understand:<br>
And, we will understand only what we are taught."<br>
Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist<br>
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