http://www.andersonsubaru.blogspot.com/ we need to stay on top of this SUBARU an outhers will help with the wildlife.

OMG! This HORRIBLE...Imagine all these animals in the water dying because of the STUPID oil spill!Feel so BAD!

I really would like to help the animals in the gulf especially the Pelicans. I have so much feeling toward those poor animals.

REHABILITATED BIRDS SHOULD NOT BE RELEASED UNTIL THE OIL SPILL IS CLEANED UP.

The birds should be given a sedative and a shot of B-12 to reduce the stress they endure during cleaning.

I heard they only keep the rehabs birds for 4-7 days then released. The rehabs birds should be kept until their habitat is cleaned!

Hi, my friends and i are really concerned about the animals being effected by the oil spill. we work at a restaurant and want to have a fund raiser, where can donate money??

id like to help out. how do i do that?

I fear that the worst is yet to come! We are just beginning to see the impact of the oil spill on wildlife. I am so worried about the toxicity of the chemicals being used to disperse the oil. The experts even admit that they do not know the ultimate devastating impact that the dispersants might have, but they admit it is indeed toxic. What are they doing? This is a ruinous disaster for people, their livelihoods, the beaches, and the wildlife; the full effects will not be known for years, I am sure. My heart is breaking.

once again, animals have to suffer because of human error.i sit here and shake my head. i feel so bad for all of the victims of this mess. when will people stop and think about what they're doing. granted accidents happen. but when i heard that they were not following code, i started to cry.

Please see the email below I received today regarding the very sad impact on the Louisiana Bird population due to BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: Hi Labirders, Sorry for another depressing and long post, but I wanted to let you know what I observed during a brief trip to Grand Isle yesterday afternoon and this morning. I went down yesterday with Jonathan Carpenter and his wife to check out what's happening with the coast and particularly the Clapper Rails. We started by checking out the Sand Dollar Marina area, where there were a number of oiled birds around. Several of the Laughing Gulls flying around had oil patches of varying size. There was an oiled Snowy Egret on the jetty to the north of the marina. An American Oystercatcher was also nearby but we were not able to detect any oil. I was actually able to get a pass to gain access to the beach and Elmer's Island, which was no easy task. I would not recommend attempting to do this. For information on the process please contact me off list. We did a short survey of the main beach, which had small tarballs washing up and signs of the massive cleanup efforts recently done. We were pleased and surprised to not detect oil on a single bird. There were few birds around, with scattered small flocks of Sanderlings and Ruddy Turnstones and the typical terns, gulls, and Brown Pelicans. We had 8 Magnificent Frigatebirds and a flock of 21 Black Terns fly over. Unfortunately, a large and powerful storm drove us off the beach and ended our ability to do much in the way of surveying for the day. We camped at Grand Isle State Park, which had a couple of oiled Laughing Gulls hanging around the parking area. There were very few birds on the beaches of the park as cleanup efforts were ongoing. I was fortunate to meet up with Drew Wheelan, who is doing a great job gathering and reporting information about birds from in and around the circus that is Grand Isle right now. His excellent blog can be found at: http://birding.typepad.com/gulf/ Drew and I left this morning for Elmer's Island, having been turned away the night before due to the effects of the storm. It was a difficult visit with many hoops to jump through, but we really wanted to see what happened to some rails that had territories in potentially affected marshes. We were escorted by a very nice Jefferson Parish Sheriff for the duration of our alloted visit. On our way out to the beach driving through the marsh we detected three birds. Yes, three birds. A lone Tricolored Heron feeding and two Snowy Egrets perched in a tree. I understand there are changing conditions and these birds are being subjected to heavy disturbance, but during heavy disturbance two weeks ago the place was still filled with birds. We were escorted to the beach, which is basically destroyed. They have hauled all of the oiled sand away, so that in places the water is nearing marsh grass. The surf was lined with oil-soaked absorbant boom, which three Sanderlings were feeding around and hopping over. We only detected two oiled birds during a 25 minute survey, a flyover Laughing Gull and Sandwich Tern. Our survey was so short because they are limiting access time. I was relieved to find an unoiled Clapper Rail in it's mangrove territory that it had been in three weeks prior. On our way back through the marsh the sheriff was kind enough to allow us to stop at a side road blocked with a yellow gate, where I knew of at least five Clapper Rail territories close to the road. The birds are now pulling off clutches, chicks are everywhere at the state park, which means 10 to 40 birds in this small area. I was in this same spot two weeks ago and there were rails everywhere, calling constantly amid the heavy disturbance of the National Guard. Birds in other marshes and the state park were typically very responsive to recordings for the past two days. I played recordings very briefly, enough to induce a vocal response but not enough to get the birds moving. I had a single response off in the distance. The rails in this small patch of recently oiled marsh are probably all dead or dying, and will never be counted among the casualties when this nightmare is over. James -- James M. Maley PhD Candidate Department of Biological Sciences Museum of Natural Science 119 Foster Hall Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803 jmaley1@tigers.lsu.edu ph 225-578-3082 fx 225-578-3075

Yes, the Gulf Coast oil spill is terrible and they need help. But, Tennessee needs help to. The people and animals effected in the recent Tennessee floods got minimal national coverage. When in fact, the flood is being compared to Hurricane Katrina. Fosters are needed greatly. Money is needed to the red cross, aspca, the nashville humane association, and numerous other non profit organizations. Houses, Shelters, School, Jobs, and LIVES were destroyed with the flood. Please take it into consideration and donate. Many, Many lives are depending on it. EVERY CENT COUNTS.

I do agree that it is a bad thing to have oil spilled but what if it was by an accdident? Im 12 and im donating money to the animal sheleter and is helping out there with dogs....im trying to make a difference.

I think it's just horrible how many animals are dieing/died/or hurt and lost their homes because of this oil spill. It's so sad. And I'm so angry at the people who caused this. It's all your fault!! If I could help out with rescueing the animals I would love to. But I live up north. I would love to do my part to help out. I care about the animals so much. It just makes me wanna cry that something this horrible happened. The oil companies should seriously do something to make sure this doens't happen again.

i wonder what our world is coming to it like any more all we ever do is fight and destroy our wild life. it hurts knowing that we our to blame for this.

I live outside of Baton Rouge, LA. I will continue to check the website to see when volunteers are needed to help clean up the animals. Plaquemines parish is about a 2 to 3 hour drive for me. I will gladly take off of work to help out. The whole thing is sad. The oil spill is going to effect so much of gulf coast.

WHAT HAPPEN WITH THE OIL SPILL IS HORRIBLE.

There are links to sign up and volunteer on the Gulf Coast (and in the Tennessee floods) in this week's News Alert, at the bottom of article 1: http://www.aspca.org/news/national/05-07-10.html#1

I am on vacation the week of Memorial Day. I could come down there to help clean up the animals. I will keep checking this website if volunteers are needed.

whos the dummy that made this happen!???

Whoever spilled that oil is very cruel... he/she took many lives away and also many homes to animals. I bet he/she wouldn't like it if someone took away his/or her life away

How ever spilled that oil you should be ashamed of your selves it is wrong also youve taken away lives of beautiful creatures how wold you feel if some one killed you with oil if you get spilled with oil youll get mad but a least you get you life millions of animals each year get killed from oil spills all to thanks to the to un carelessness of people how dont care if are earth is dieing shame on you mankind shame .

Thank you all who are providing help to the animals who are affected by the Gulf Coast oil spill. I think that is a disgrace that they have not fixed the problem by now and I also feel that a proper punishment for the people responsible is that they are fined the amount of money it takes to clean such a mess up and that they also have to donate their time to saving the animals who are covered in toxic oil. If I had the means to fly down and contribute time I absolutely would. The animals are in my thoughts and prayers and the people helping them have a spot in my heart. Thank you so so so so much!!!

I own a vegetarian restaurant. I am collecting money to send to you because this is a tragedy. I know the loss of human lives is bad but so is the loss of animals who are really the innocent ones.

hey its me again id like to tell you about a chicken i found in the streets of Colombia it was soaking wet in a black substanse it was gooey and sticky I'm ten almost eleven either way i didn't ignore it i picked it up i went home and then i turned on the TV and there was a recent oil spil in the area i was in i cleaned it up with Jhonsons delekit soap then i sent it to a local ASPCA org. i helped it i felt great that i helped it write comments asap and ill respond as quickly as i can

i think its just horible what happened with the oil spill my friends laugh about it but i just hate seeing animals lose there habitats i want to send a message to however did this "you have a heart made of rock you should be ashamed of what you did how could you something bad should happen to you so you know how it fells " -Gisselle

Dont let people stop you from what you believe in when you want to do something do it go to a protest because if you dont even try how will you know if you can make a difference in this crazy world so stand up make a difference because no matter any body says you can make a difference - Gisselle

i feel so sorry for the animals and write a letter to whoever did this.

Thank you so much for everything you all do for the animals. You are always in my prayers.

For all those who desire to help affected animals: A number of years ago I had a feral cat come into my yard who was covered completely in thick black motor oil. I got every bit of it off of him by rubbing handfuls of corn meal into his fur. Pass it on...CORN MEAL!!!

how can one help , other than money, which I don't have much of, but I have time?

I want to help I always regretted not going to L.A. after Katrina to help the animals. Do you think there is there anything I can do?

im so sad about what happend i really want to help but im really far away.i feel sad about it and for the animals.

that is so terrible

I heard about that on tfk