Here’s our Gulf Coast Recovery update and our effort to help with our Casart Carryalls.<\/p>\n
After the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in April, 2,079 birds, 456 sea turtles, some terrapins and 2 dolphins were rescued from the oil-covered water and cared for at rescue centers. \u00a0 Staff at the Audubon Aquatics Center in New Orleans are rehabilitating a young dolphin that was covered with oil and tooth scratches from being attacked by another dolphin. His muscles seized up so tightly from pain that he couldn’t swim.\u00a0 He needed both muscle and physical therapy.\u00a0 He had to re-learn how to move his tail up and down instead of from side to side.\u00a0 He and another adult dolphin had to be held up in the water 24 hours a day until they could swim on their own.\u00a0 About 50 sea turtles are still in captivity in rehabilitation centers.\u00a0 With winter weather upon us, none of the animals will be released until the weather is warmer.\u00a0 Caring for the animals is on-going,\u00a0 time-consuming and costly.<\/p>\n