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Oiled Wildlife Care Network
Photos of the Cosco-Busan Spill Response

Cosco-Busan Spill, San Francisco Bay, November 2007

 

Greg Massey and Katy Siquig examine an oiled scoterTotal live birds collected: 1084 (31 species)

  • Died/Euthanized: 650 (3 Brown Pelican)
  • Released: 418 (1 Brown Pelican, 1 Snowy Plover)
  • Unknown Disposition: 16

 

Total dead birds collected: 1854 (45 bird species)

  • Visibly Oiled: 957 (3 Marbled Murrelet)
  • Not Visibly Oiled, but oiled 8
  • Un-oiled: 883 (7 Brown Pelican)
  • Unable to determine: 16

 

Total mammals collected: 7

  • Live on Arrival: (Died in facility) 1 (N. fur seal pup)
  • Dead on Arrival: 6 (1 harbor seal, 1 N. fur seal, 4 raccoon)


If you would like to train for future spills: Contact your closest participating organization for information on how to volunteer. All of our pretrained volunteers come from our 25 participating organizations and receive regular trainings. For members of the public wishing to volunteer, please visit the DFG-OSPR volunteer page

If you see oiled wildlife: Don't approach or pick it up, but call (877) 823-6926 to report it.

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