Cosco-Busan Spill, San Francisco Bay, November 2007
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Cosco Busan Volunteer Appreciation Event is January 27, 2008: please click here for more information
Number of birds collected alive: 1,084
Number of birds that died or were euthanized subsequently: 652
Number of birds in-house: 14
Number of birds released: 418
Number of birds collected dead: 1,851
Number of mammals collected alive: 1 (died subsequently)
Number of mammals collected dead: 5
Above numbers as of 1/7/08
If you want to volunteer for this spill:
With 1,500 active volunteers, we currently are not taking new registrations. Please check this site regularly for status changes.
If you would like to train for future spills: Contact your closest participating organization for information on how to volunteer. Most of our pretrained volunteers come from our 25 participating organizations and receive regular trainings.
If you see oiled wildlife: Don't approach or pick it up, but call (877) 823-6926 to report it.
If you are from the media: please contact Sylvia Wright at the UC Davis News Service, swright@ucdavis.edu or call (530) 752-7704. OWCN's media page is here; latest press release is here.
If you would like to make a donation:
please see information on this page
Directions to SFBOWCEC at Cordelia (Fairfield)
Office of Spill Prevention and Response (DFG-OSPR): Spill page
International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) : Spill Page