Factbox: Impact on wildlife from the BP oil spill
A pelican coated in oil stands on the beach during stormy weather in Ship Island, Mississippi, July 1, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Ben Gruber
(Reuters) - BP Plc's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico affected bird populations, sea turtles, fish, shellfish and some dolphin.
Below is a compilation of visibly oiled or dead animals in the Gulf of Mexico and along the coast collected by state and federal workers and contractors for the oil company.
Not all of the reported deaths were thought to be caused by the oil spill, and the data was last published November 2, 2010.
Visibily oiled:
Birds: 2,263
Sea Turtles: 18
Mammals: 4
Reptiles: 0
Total: 2,285
Dead:
Birds: 6,104
Sea Turtles: 609
Mammals: 100
Reptiles: 1
Total: 6,814
Source: Data compiled by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
(Reporting by Anna Driver in Houston; Editing by Philip Barbara)
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From the sea turtle conservancy web site:
“Each year thousands of immature and adult sea turtles are inadvertently captured, injured or killed by U.S. fishermen in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico as they feed in or move through areas where fishermen work.”
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