Five: The five zoo is racing to save dozens of seabirds, including protected penguins, left covered oil after 6,000 crude barrels spilling on Peruvian coast after tsunami tonga.
More than 40 birds, including Humboldt Penguin registered as vulnerable by the International Union for natural conservation was taken to the Parque de Las Leeyendas zoo after being saved from polluted beaches and nature reserves.
“Bird prognosis is not clear,” said a biologist, Bermucting told AFP.
“We do everything we can.
It’s not a general event and we do our best.” A team of veterinarians take care of birds, bathe them with special detergents to remove the oil suffocated.
Animals have also been given anti-fungal and anti-bacterial drugs, and vitamins.
“We have never seen anything like this in Peru’s history,” Bermude said, while taking care of birds.
“We don’t think it will be this big.” Peru has declared an environmental emergency after almost a million liters (264,000 gallons) raw spilled into the sea last Saturday when a tanker was hit by a big wave when he was dismantled at the refinery.
Abnormal big waves were triggered by the eruption of underwater volcanoes near Nusantara Tonga, thousands of kilometers (miles) away.
Spills near the five have polluted the beach and harmed the fishing and tourism industry, and the crew had worked endlessly to clean up the chaos.
– Contaminated bird food – Biology Guillermo Ramos from Peru’s exciting forestry service says more animals will die if oil spreads.
“There are species here that eat crustaceans and fish that have been contaminated,” he said.
Self serfor has found many dead and marine beats on the coast and in natural reserves since spill, he added.
More than 150 species of birds in Peru depend on the sea for nutrition and reproduction.
Among the birds saved alive but need help are various types of cormores and six humboldt penguins.
Juan Carlos Riveros, scientific director save NGO Ocean Peru, said the oil can affect the reproductive capacity of some animals and cause birth defects, especially in birds, fish and turtles.
Sea currents have spread oil spilled along the coast of more than 40 kilometers (25 miles) from refineries, influencing 21 beaches, according to the Ministry of Health, who have warned the bakers to move away.
The government has been looking for compensation from the Repsol Spanish oil company, which has a tanker.
But the company denied responsibility, said the Maritime Authority did not judge the warning of abnormal waves after the Tonga eruption.
Peruvian races to save birds threatened by oil spills
