40+ Sad Oil Spill Animals Images. Animals that weren't born yet, those are the hope, says smith, a marine mammal expert who traveled to the spill. More than 100,000 gallons of thick, crude oil spilled into the ocean near santa barbara on may 19, 2015, risking the lives of animals that depend on the sea.

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Animals, birds, and other inland creatures may suffer from a variety of illnesses as the oil contaminates their habitat. From the oil itself and from the response or cleanup operations. In some cases, animals are poisoned by trying to lick off the oil.

On a positive note, dawn donates $1 towards oil spill animal rescues, and they are currently pursuing the gulf spill animals;

Gulf oil spill killing thousands of animals. An oiled gannet is cleaned at the theodore oiled wildlife rehabilitation center june 17, 2010. It is sad to think about how much an oil spill can kill. Animals that weren't born yet, those are the hope, says smith, a marine mammal expert who traveled to the spill.