Ecologists collecting oil-affected birds [Getty Images]

Ecologists collecting oil-affected birds on Rostro beach approach a dead sea turtle 02 December 2002 after the coastline was hit 01 December by a second oil slick from the sunken Prestige oil tanker off the northwestern coast of Spain. AFP PHOTO Christophe SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/GettyImages)

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