Depressing Oil Spill Effects

Although I was aware that many animals were going to be affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, every time I see something in the media, it still pains me to see the damage it is causing. The Associated Press took the liberty of documenting the destruction of marine life in the Gulf by taking pictures of all the animals covered in oil. For me, learning about something visually has more of an affect; in this case, that is just what happened. After seeing pictures of birds and crabs drenched in oil, as well as dead dolphins, sharks, and fish washed up on shore, it really angered me inside. I wonder if anything is being done to prevent more deaths from occurring. I know that there is nothing we can do about the oil spill because that is already taking it’s course, it should have been prevented long time ago by taking the necessary precautions. With all that said and done, it is too late. But I think we can still save the animals, perhaps we can rehabilitate them in an aquarium until we can find somewhere where they can be relocated and repopulated.


Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Animals-suffer-after-oil-spill/ss/events/sc/052010gulfoilanimals#photoViewer=/100603/480/urn_publicid_ap_org_befc0f8b50a44a05b9788f972a9e2e99