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June 3: A Brown Pelican is mired in oil on a beach at East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana.![Dead_Fish_in_Louisiana]()
July 10: Dead fish are seen on the waterways at North of Point a la Hache Marina, La.![Sea Bird Struggling to Swim]()
June 3: A sea bird is mired in oil on a beach at East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana.![Oily bird struggles in Gulf]()
May 9: An oil soaked bird struggles against the side of a supply ship at the site of the Gulf oil spill.![Dead Dolphin]()
May 23: A dead, oil-covered dolphin lies on the ground in Venice, La. The dolphin was spotted on May 22 during a fly-over of the southwest area of the Mississippi River by U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials.![Dead_Catfish]()
May 3: A dying catfish that has been picked at by birds floats on the surface of the water in the Breton Sound of the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana.![Baby_Kemps_Ridley_Turtle_2]()
July 9: A baby Kemp's Ridley sea turtle, an endangered species, is seen resting his head on a towel as he awaits veterinary care, after being rescued from oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, at the Audubon Center For The Research of Endangered Species, in New Orleans, La.![Bird_in_Oil]()
June 3: A bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon has affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico.![Man-Made Tragedy]()
June 3: A bird covered in oil floats in the surf at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon has affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico.![Dead Turtle]()
June 7: A dead turtle floats on a pool of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana.![Dead Fish in oil off La.]()
June 6: A small oil-covered fish lies on the water's surface at Bay Long off the coast of Louisiana.![Dead Fish]()
June 6: Plaquemines Parish coastal zone director P.J. Hahn holds up a small oil-covered fish at Bay Long off the coast of Louisiana. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill continued to move inland along several gulf states.![Hermit Crabs]()
June 6: Hermit crabs struggle to cross a patch of oil from the the Deepwater Horizon spill on a barrier island near East Grand Terre Island, La.![Dead Shark Washes Ashore]()
May 4: A dead shark is seen laying in the surf as concern continues that the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may harm animals in its path.![Pelican Swimming to Shore]()
June 3: A brown pelican is mired in oil near the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon has affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico.![Baby Heron]()
May 23: A young heron sits dying underneath mangrove on an island impacted by oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in Barataria Bay, just inside the coast of Louisiana. The area is home to hundreds of herons, brown pelicans, terns, gulls and roseate spoonbills.![Oil_Covered_Pelican_Takes_Flight]()
May 23: An oil soaked pelican takes flight after Louisiana Fish and Wildlife employees tried to corral him on an island in Barataria Bay just inside the coast of Louisiana. The island is home to hundreds of Brown Pelican nests.![Soaked in Oil]()
May 23: An oil soaked pelican takes flight after Louisiana Fish and Wildlife employees tried to corral him on an island in Barataria Bay just inside the the coast of Louisiana.![Pelican Covered in Oil]()
June 3: A Brown Pelican is seen on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast after being drenched in oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.![Brown_Pelicans]()
June 11: A brown pelican, one of hundreds covered with oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill, flaps its wings in a pen at the bird rescue center next to Fort Jackson, La. The birds are kept in 8-foot-by-8-foot mesh-covered pens until they are well enough to be washed. After washing, they stay in larger outdoor pens with pools until they are ready for release.![Dead Pelican]()
June 6: A journalist walks past a dead Brown Pelican covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill on a barrier island near East Grand Terre Island, La.![Oil-covered pelican]()
May 23: An oil-covered pelican flaps its wings on an island in Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana.![Rescuing the Wildlife]()
June 6: Brown Pelicans, covered in oil from BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, huddle together in a cage at the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Buras, Louisiana.![Rescuing the Wildlife]()
A worker washes inside the bill of a Brown Pelican covered in oil from BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, at the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Buras, Louisiana![Catch_the_Bird]()
May 23: A Louisiana Fish and Wildlife officer unsuccessfully pursues an oil soaked pelican in Barataria Bay, just inside the the coast of Louisiana. The island, which is home to hundreds of brown pelican nests as well at terns, gulls and roseate spoonbills, is impacted by oil from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.![Baby_Pelican]()
July 8: A baby pelican impacted by oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is seen at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, La.![Marine Death]()
May 2: Institute of Marine Mammal Sciences researchers gather data before collecting a dead sea turtle on the beach in Pass Christian, Miss. At rear are researchers (L-R) Kelly Folkedahl, Justin Main and Meagan Broadway. The researchers were collecting dead turtles and will examine them to determine the cause of death.![Marine Death]()
May 2: A dead sea turtle lies on the beach in Pass Christian, Miss. Researchers from the Institute of Marine Mammal Sciences from Gulfport, Miss., collected a number of dead turtles and will examine them to determine the cause of death.![Marine Death]()
May 2: Justin Main, a volunteer with the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport, Miss, inspects the body of a sea turtle found dead on the beach in Pass Christian, Miss. An unusually high number of sea turtles have been found dead on beaches in Mississippi in the past two days, but it is still unknown if they died as a direct or indirect result of a massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the explosion of an oil rig last week.![Recovery]()
April 30: Dr. Erica Miller, left, and Danene Birtell with Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research work to help a Northern Gannet bird, covered in oil, normally white when full grown, at a facility in Fort Jackson, La.![Recovery]()
April 30: An oil covered Northern Gannet bird is seen in a pen at a facility set up by Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research in Fort Jackson, La. The bird is normally white when full grown.100 Days of Oil: Animal Victims of the Gulf Disaster
It's been 100 days since oil from BP's undersea well first began spewing into the Gulf of Mexico.Take a look back at how the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history has affected wildlife in the region.
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- 100 Days of Oil: Animal Victims of the Gulf Disaster
