Fishermen and wildlife will bear the brunt on the Coast of Death

From: The Scotsman | Date: November 20, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

A BEDRAGGLED razorbill, its entire body covered with sticky fuel oil, still has enough strength to peck indignantly at green-coated Spanish vets trying to clean some of the pollution from its feathers.

Another oily sea bird looks too weak to react as it undergoes the initial treatment at a wildlife sanctuary near La Coruna.

Oil-soaked birds are the most visible victims of the spill of the thousands of barrels of fuel oil from the tanker Prestige.

The disaster would have caused catastrophe wherever it struck, yet it has hit a corner of Spain with an especially rich wildlife.

Lagoons in ...

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