Newsweek: What The Spill Will Kill
Now it is increasingly clear that the initial reports of undersea oil were right, that life-giving oxygen in the water column is indeed being depleted, and that unless the laws of chemistry have been repealed, dispersants are likely worsening the tentacles of undersea crude. What might have been just another oil spill—albeit a bad one—has been transformed into something unprecedented.
Guardian UK:BP oil leak aftermath: Slow-motion tragedy unfolds for marine life
Fifty-three days after BP's ruptured well began spewing crude oil from 5,000ft below the sea, the wholesale slaughter of dolphins, pelicans, hermit crab and other marine life is only now becoming readily visible to humans.
NOLA.com: When animal rescues fall short, evidence of oil spill's toll on wildlife is collected
So far, about 1,000 dead animals -- birds, turtles and dolphins -- have been reported and they are being kept at undisclosed locations. "They go to various intermediate storage locations before they are shipped to a central facility for archiving," said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman Doug Zimmer, who did not name any of the locations.
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