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SAN PEDRO, CA - JANUARY 20: Volunteers wash a western grebe rescued from an oil spill of unknown origin at the Los Angeles Oiled Bird Care and Education Center on January 20, 2005 in San Pedro, California. Since January 12, University of California Davis veterinarians, staff, and volunteers have picked up 1,400 oiled birds between Santa Barbara and Venice Beach, California. More than 250,000 birds are estimated to have died in the 63,000 ton Prestige spill though only about 840 oiled birds were found. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

SAN PEDRO, CA - JANUARY 20:  Volunteers wash a western grebe rescued from an oil spill of unknown origin at the Los Angeles Oiled Bird Care and Education Center on January 20, 2005 in San Pedro, California. Since January 12, University of California Davis veterinarians, staff, and volunteers have picked up 1,400 oiled birds between Santa Barbara and Venice Beach, California. More than 250,000 birds are estimated to have died in the 63,000 ton Prestige spill though only about 840 oiled birds were found.  (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)