"We are doing everything possible, without sparing any expense, to remedy this entire disaster as soon as possible," Fernandez-Cuesta told the TV show Punto Final. On Sunday, Jaime Fernandez-Cuesta, president of Repsol in Peru, said the Spanish company was doing everything it could to mitigate the environmental damage. The government has sought compensation from Spanish oil company Repsol, which owns the tanker.īut the company denies responsibility, saying maritime authorities had issued no warning of abnormal waves after the Tonga eruption. Juan Carlos Riveros, scientific director of rescue NGO Oceana Peru, said the oil could affect the reproductive capacity of some animals and cause birth defects, especially in birds, fish and turtles. More than 150 bird species in Peru depend on the sea for nutrition and reproduction.Īmong the birds rescued alive but in need of help are different types of cormorants and six Humboldt penguins. Serfor staff have found many dead birds and sea otters on beaches and in natural reserves since the spill, he added. "There are species here that feed on crustaceans and fish that are already contaminated," he said.
Located: 8 West 6th Street, Eureka, CA, 95501. Buy t-shirts, mugs & gifts from the HART shop. The birds are bathed with special detergents to remove the suffocating oil, and given food, medicine and vitamins / © We are Humboldt Animal Rescue Team (HART) a small, 100 volunteer run animal rescue specializing in cats and kittens. The health ministry has warned would-be bathers to stay away from at least 21 affected beaches.īiologist Guillermo Ramos of Peru's Serfor forestry service said more animals will die if the oil spreads. The environment ministry said Sunday that more than 180 hectares - equivalent to around 270 soccer fields - of beach and 713 hectares of sea were affected, as sea currents spread the spilled oil along the coast. The spill near Lima has fouled beaches and harmed the fishing and tourism industries, with crews working non-stop to clean up the mess. The abnormally large waves were triggered by the eruption of an undersea volcano near the archipelago of Tonga, thousands of miles (kilometers) away.
Peru has declared an environmental emergency after almost 264,000 gallons (1.2 million liters) of crude oil spilled into the sea last Saturday when a tanker was hit by big waves while offloading at a refinery. "The birds' prognosis is unclear," Bermudez said. A 2002 study by Humboldt State University scientists found that gulls. The animals have also been given anti-fungal and anti-bacterial drugs, as well as vitamins. Studies are indicating that rescue and cleaning of oiled birds makes no effective. "We didn't think it was going to be of this magnitude."Ī team of veterinarians is caring for the birds, bathing them with special detergents to remove the suffocating oil.
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