Tuesday, November 13, 2007

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Uria is the species most affected by the oil spill in Galicia after the Prestige oil tanker sinking


According Alejandro Sanchez, director of SEO-BirdLife , English representative of BirdLife International global network, <>.
The total population of Uriah the Iberian peninsula is composed of 10-25 pairs, 5-11 of them just in Spain in the affected area by the oil spill: Cape and Islands Sisargas Vilano, Coast of Death, 2 locations both protected by the European Union as part of the largest European network for biodiversity conservation network called Natura 2000. Since the beginning of the disaster are 12 specimens of Uriah those found dead and 40 hospitalized in rehabilitation centers.

Meanwhile, after the estimate released yesterday by SEO-BirdLife talking about 10-15 thousand birds killed by oil in Galicia of 302 birds found dead and 508 hospitalized recovery centers, bad news there's also the Balearic Berta, a species already under threat in Spain: the ecosystem in which species live has been seriously damaged by fuel leaked from the Prestige. < Carles Carboneras, Head Country seabirds SEO-BirdLife - the greatest damage in the long term may be the lack of food like sardines and anchovies. Next year will be important to monitor the numbers of breeding birds and wintering in order to assess what effect the disaster has caused the population of this species>>.

For more information:
Alejandro Sanchez, tel. +34.69967330
Carles Carboneras, tel. +34.615454353
Antonio Sandoval, tel. +34.629448822

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