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  • Tipi Apr 17, 2012 @ 11:49 pm | delete
    The oil spill was a terrible accident. The poor animals and birds, and fish and sea creatures. Blessed!
  • awelldressedbullet Apr 1, 2011 @ 1:02 pm | delete
    I'm out and about for the Angels April Fools' Day Quest and leaving

    ~ Squidoo Angel Blessings ~
  • Squidoolinepro Mar 17, 2011 @ 3:06 pm | delete
    Blessed by a squidoo angel;)
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Dec 21, 2010 @ 1:36 pm | delete
    Great information
  • CastleRoy Jul 19, 2010 @ 6:58 am | delete
    Great lens I am lens rolling to my Birds and oil spills lens.
  • hlkljgk Jul 15, 2010 @ 3:27 pm | delete
    well deserved A+. a wonderful resource for helping out! I've posted it to http://facebook.com/dontdrill
  • Sylvestermouse Jul 29, 2010 @ 12:32 pm | delete
    Thank you, Heather, for helping spread the word!
  • TheGreenerMe Jul 13, 2010 @ 8:03 pm | delete
    This is such a frustrating incident, it deserves to be sorted out in a lens like this. There's so much destruction going on in the Gulf, I really hope Big Oil learns their lesson from this (something tells me they won't).
  • sandyspider Jun 23, 2010 @ 11:04 am | delete
    It pulls at my heart every time I see this in the news and the effects on our marine and wildlife.
  • Mickie_G Jun 22, 2010 @ 11:49 am | delete
    The Alabama Wildlife Center is working on this crisis, too. The Gulf Coast in all the states need all the help they can get!
  • Sylvestermouse Jun 22, 2010 @ 12:36 pm | delete
    Thank you so much for that information. I have now emailed them requesting information on the status of their involvement in the relief efforts. I will gladly include them when I have additional information to share.
  • Shibamom Jun 22, 2010 @ 6:57 am | delete
    This disaster seems to be exhaustingly endless. Great resources on a heartfelt lens.
  • Sylvestermouse Jun 22, 2010 @ 10:02 am | delete
    "endless" is a perfect description!
  • puzzlemaker Jun 21, 2010 @ 11:57 pm | delete
    Hi Cynthia,
    I can hardly watch the pictures of the oil spill. The fishermen, the animals, all of it. Just makes me sick to my stomach. The blame game is out of control and the pipe continues to guzzle out oil every day. Seems like no one is willing to jump in, take control and make a plan to stop the leak. Glad there are folks, highlighted here, that are at least cleaning up some of the animals.
  • Sylvestermouse Jun 22, 2010 @ 10:00 am | delete
    It is extremely frustrating to watch and I, personally feel so helpless.
  • JenOfChicago Jun 21, 2010 @ 1:22 pm | delete
    Great list of resources for people looking to donate and volunteer. The guy from WWF was on CNN this morning, and I think there's a telethon tonight on CNN too. Blessed by a squidangel
  • Sylvestermouse Jun 21, 2010 @ 1:40 pm | delete
    Thank you so much for your blessing!

    I copied this directly off of the WWF website and wanted to share it with everyone:

    "While WWF does not have active field programs in the gulf, we have numerous partner organizations that are undertaking front-line efforts to protect and restore the wildlife and wildlife habitats in affected areas."

    The organizations listed on this lens all all on their list of partner organizations.
  • KathyMcGraw Jun 20, 2010 @ 11:45 pm | delete
    I was looking for something like this...and Mimi is right, we have family and friends.but the wildlife doesn't. After 20 years up in Alaska several of the species have never returned after the Valdez oil spill....and this one is much worse.

    Thanks Cynthia...I have put this on FB and Twitter.
  • Sylvestermouse Jun 21, 2010 @ 11:24 am | delete
    It was actually not easy to find out who is really there working. There are quite a few organizations taking donations and offering a promise, These few organizations are the only ones I have found who are really there, set up to work There are a lot of residents who are working without any direction, just doing what "falls in their backyard."
  • KarenTBTEN Jun 20, 2010 @ 9:19 pm | delete
    Excellent awareness/ resource lens. I'll try to pass it on.
  • Sylvestermouse Jun 21, 2010 @ 11:13 am | delete
    That would be great! Thank you Karen!
  • GrowWear Jun 20, 2010 @ 7:01 pm | delete
    It's hard to watch these poor animals suffer. ...I know people are affected too, but we have families and friends. Animals have only us.
  • Sylvestermouse Jun 21, 2010 @ 11:13 am | delete
    It is emotionally gripping! I get really distressed when I consider how the aquatic animals are suffering. I don't even want to think about what is would be like to be literally drowning in oil.
  • mbgphoto Jun 20, 2010 @ 10:26 am | delete
    Cynthia Thank you for a thought provoking lens on a very important subject. It is so sad to see the effect this is having on the animal kingdom!
  • Sylvestermouse Jun 20, 2010 @ 11:50 am | delete
    Mary Beth, the photo's coming out of Louisiana and Alabama are gut-wrenching. I didn't even scratch the surface of how devastating this "incident" is to animals. Personally, I resent the word "incident" being part of the "title" given to this, as if it is a minor occurrence.
  • bethd821 Jun 20, 2010 @ 8:32 am | delete
    Thanks for sharing the organizations who are helping the defenseless animals affected by this disaster. We may never know the full impact this will have on people's lives and the environment. When I lived in Florida I voted against off-shore oil drilling there for reasons like this. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.
  • Sylvestermouse Jun 20, 2010 @ 11:45 am | delete
    Beth, I think we are going to be stunned by how much of an impact this is going to have on all of us.
  • vallain Jun 20, 2010 @ 7:25 am | delete
    It seems pretty fuitile to save a few pelicans when people who work in the Gulf (shrimpers, tourism, etc.) are losing their life work and incomes. I know this wildlife action groups can't help with those issues, but I don't want the media to focus so much on wildlife that the human toll is overlooked.
  • Sylvestermouse Jun 20, 2010 @ 8:16 am | delete
    Oh, I am so glad you addressed that issue. I completely agree that the human toll should not be overlooked! I would never suggest or intentionally imply that humans should be ignored. I have a niece who I love dearly and who I am extremely close to that has lost her job, sole support of her household, because of this crisis. I am fully aware of the people who will be affected for decades by this "incident" I might also add that human's food is being poisoned. This is no small problem and it will have far reaching affects. I just simply don't think the animals who can't just up and leave the ocean should be overlooked and believe me, I know well that thousands, perhaps it will even affect hundreds of thousands of people, can't just up and leave their homes either. Let me say again, thank you for commenting. This is a huge, far reaching issue and there are many, many areas of need.
  • vallain Jun 20, 2010 @ 12:16 pm | delete
    I'm hoping the government and citizens will take this as a call to action and put heavy emphasis on solar and other alternative energies. It is our dependence on oil that set the stage for this disaster.
  • KathyMcGraw Jun 20, 2010 @ 11:53 pm | delete
    And it was also an administration that pushed for 8 years for the Oil Industries to be drilling where ever they wanted....with inflated reports on safety, and corruption in the Govt. Office that approved the permits.
  • KathyMcGraw Jun 20, 2010 @ 11:51 pm | delete
    I think the people being affected do have a voice..several voices, but the animals have far fewer. Plus the shrimpers and fishermen won't be able to work ever if all the species die. Believe me I am not saying that the human factor be overlooked, or overshadowed, but this is the first list I have seen for these animal organizations...and for that I am grateful.

    As to the media...a picture of a well fed looking shrimper won't pull heart strings like a picture of an oil crusted bird struggling to get out of the water. Misery sells news....that's a fact.
  • BevsPaper Jun 20, 2010 @ 7:17 am | delete
    Great work! Thanks for letting people know the different organizations who are helping the animals from this despicable chain of events.
  • Sylvestermouse Jun 20, 2010 @ 8:35 am | delete
    It is indeed a despicable chain of events! Thank you for your visit!
  • theraggededge Jun 20, 2010 @ 5:57 am | delete
    Good for you for highlighting some of the hard-working people who are in a position to help with the wildlife. In turn they need all the help they can get. Blessed, of course :-)
  • Sylvestermouse Jun 20, 2010 @ 8:23 am | delete
    Thank you for your blessing! It is my hope that when we know who is actually working, we can direct our help to them. There are way too many groups who will use this crisis to increase their donations, but will never lift the first finger to aid in relief.
  • HorseAndPony Jun 19, 2010 @ 9:37 pm | delete
    It all just makes me so angry and sad. I hope that soon there will be more positive news about this situation. Great lens. Thanks for sharing. Blessed! http://www.squidoo.com/horseandpony-squidangel
  • Sylvestermouse Jun 19, 2010 @ 10:12 pm | delete
    I am definitely praying for positive news for a change. Thank you so much for your blessing!
  • ShirlW Jun 19, 2010 @ 7:39 pm | delete
    This is indeed a heartbreaking situation that should have never happened in the first place nor been allowed to escalate to this point. The finger pointing and foot dragging while this disaster grows each day is beyond comprehension to me.

    Lensrolled you to my Orcas in Captivity lens.
  • Sylvestermouse Jun 19, 2010 @ 8:23 pm | delete
    I agree with you completely!!!

    I very much remember your Orcas lens. It was the talk of our home and with my friends for days.
  • skiesgreen Jun 19, 2010 @ 7:36 pm | delete
    Great lens bringing awareness to what is really going on with animals that suffer the consequences of man's stupidity. *-*Blessed*-* and featured on Sprinkled with Stardust and also on We Are Killing the World
  • Sylvestermouse Jun 19, 2010 @ 8:12 pm | delete
    Norma, thank you so much for your blessing! I am truly grateful and I am deeply humbled that you found this lens worthy to be featured on your remarkable lens, We Are Killing The World. Your lens is a masterpiece and I remember it made quite an impression on me when I first discovered it.

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