Environmentalists wary about harm to birds from Texas oil spill

"Environmentalists wary about harm to birds from Texas oil spill"
by Michael Muskal

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-texas-oil-spill-birds-20140327,0,1508566.story#ixzz2xVW9tHlU

There was a serious oil spill in the Houston Ship Channel. A ship crashed into a oil carrying vessel, resulting in gallons upon gallons and barrels upon barrels spilling into the Gulf of Mexico and having major environmental issues and impacts. Environmental disasters are especially hard to manage, because humans cause an event that nature itself cannot fix. A variety of species of birds were oiled up because of the oil spill near Houston. 168,000 gallons of oil mixing in with sea is not an easy mess to clean up. But it puts another burden on authorities because they need to now find birds smothered in oil. These birds are flying from place to place covered in oil and spreading the effects of the oil spill throughout the region. Officials, even the Coast Guard, have teamed up to find the birds and provide fast and effective care and treatment. Due to the fact that these birds are mobile and fly even to different regions, finding them quickly is imperative for their lives and to keep the balance of nature. Animals that prey on these some 200 birds are going to die because they are unknowingly consuming oil. The oil might never work its way into the food chain of the region, but there is still the chance.