UK: Thousands of seabirds dead after suspected oil dump from rogue tanker

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/9843849/Thousands-of-seabirds-dead-after-suspected-oil-dump-from-rogue-tanker.html

Thousands of seabirds dead after suspected oil dump from rogue tanker
A rogue tanker dumping oil at sea could be responsible for the death of hundreds of seabirds on the South Coast.
By Alice Philipson
7:29AM GMT 02 Feb 2013

Almost 200 birds ? mostly guillemots ? were washed ashore and found covered in a sticky Vaseline-like substance. It is feared thousands more could be floating in the sea, unable to feed because their feathers and wings have become stuck together by the waxy oil...