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When oil spills impacting wildlife
occur outside of California, IBRRC partners with the International
Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
as part of their Global Emergency Relief Team. IFAW staff
and volunteers lead worldwide emergency relief efforts to
rescue and rehabilitate the victims of disasters, including
oil spills, even when the responsible party is unknown.
Please do not call IBRRC bird center's for information
about the spill.
Our director, Jay
Holcomb, has over thirty years of experience, at over
150 spills involving wildlife, and is considered a world renowned
expert in this field. During spills, interviews with Jay Holcomb
are difficult but not impossible.
Who to call in the US:
If you are a reporter in the States, please contact
Karen Benzel, karen@ibrrc.org,
at 831-622-7588 for help getting direct contact.
Who to call outside US:
If you are a reporter in Europe, it is best to
call IFAW staff member Nick Jenkins. His mobile is 44 7799883355.
E-mail: njenkins@ifaw.org.
For more information visit www.ifaw.org.
When spills occur within California, IBRRC
partners with OSPR, OWCN, and UC Davis. Their experts
may be helpful to you on many of the technical questions you
may have about oil spills. The Office of Spill Prevention
and Response (OSPR) is housed within the California Department
Fish and Game, and is the lead State agency charged with oil
spill prevention and response, direct spill response, cleanup,
and natural resource damage assessment activities within California's
marine environment.
OSPR
Media contacts:
Dana Michaels, OSPR Public Affairs: 916-327-9948
dmichael@ospr.dfg.ca.gov
Rob Hughes, OSPR Public Affairs: 916-323-6286
rhughes@ospr.dfg.ca.gov
California’s Oiled Wildlife Care Network
(OWCN)
maintains permanent facilities and uniquely trained personnel
in a state of readiness for treating wildlife exposed to petroleum
products. 24 organizations, located primarily along the coast,
care for aquatic birds, sea otters, and other marine mammals
exposed to petroleum products in their environment.
The OWCN is sponsored by OSPR from interest earned
on the state's Oil Spill Response Trust Fund, and its management
is a collaborative program with the Wildlife Health Center
located in the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
OWCN contacts:
Sylvia Wright, UC Davis News Service,
Phone: (530) 752-7704, swright@ucdavis.edu.
Mike Ziccardi, DVM, Wildlife Medicine and Epidemiology.
Ph.D. in Wildlife Epidemiology, emphasizing in petroleum exposure
in marine mammals and birds.
Phone: (530) 754-5701 mhziccardi@ucdavis.edu
Other related contacts:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) A wealth of information about the oceans, weather,
fisheries, and related subjects can be found on the NOAA
website,
U.S.
Coast Guard Safety, security, Protection and enforcement
of laws protecting our waterways, ports, harbors and marine
environment.
The
Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, CA is the largest marine
mammal facility in the world. Founded in 1975, The Marine
Mammal Center is a non-profit organization that rescues, rehabilitates
and releases injured, sick and orphaned and oiled marine mammals
(seals, sea lions, dolphins, porpoises, whales and sea otters)
along a six hundred mile stretch of the California coast.
Media inquiries/Communications: com@tmmc.org
(415) 289-7341
Wonder what the birds affected by the Prestige
spill look like? Visit the Surfbirds
site which has almost 2,000 color photos.
– Updated January 23, 2004 |
