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    California oil spill: Improved odds for animals caught in crude

    Oct 19, 2021 5 minutes
    Dr. Michael Ziccardi (left) and Laird Henkel (right) at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California, on Oct. 13, 2021. The college is the site of the unified command for response to the Oct. 2 oil spill off Huntington Beach. Mr. Henkel, senior scientist for California's Office of Spill Prevention and Response, directed the wildlife response effort, and Dr. Ziccardi, a veterinarian and director of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, is coordinating the response.

    It was a joyous occasion. On Oct. 13, two birds – a ruddy duck and an eared grebe – were the first to be released after being rescued from an oil spill in the coastal waters of Southern California. Set free at a small beach in placid Huntington Harbor, the recovered grebe, once heavily oiled, immediately took flight. The duck, also formerly coated with crude, paddled and bobbed, oblivious to crouching photographers and television cameras on shore. 

    The first planned release of recovered wildlife is “like a turning point” in an oil spill, says Michael Ziccardi, director of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, which is tasked with coordinating oiled wildlife response to the Oct. 2 spill. The release is also a testament to the increased rate of wildlife survival after such

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