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What is the International Bird Rescue Research Center Anyway?

November 7, 2003 by Mike No Comments

The International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) is one of the nation’s leading authorities on oil spill response and wildlife rescue. Based in California, IBRRC has managed the oiled bird rehabilitation efforts in nearly 150 oil spills in 11 states, including the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. Their international work has taken them to seven different countries and two U.S. territories.

The organization’s philosophy is that while we all use oil or petroleum products in some form or another, as a species coexisting on this earth with other life forms, we are responsible for the messes that we make. IBRRC workers and volunteers treat wildlife affected (engulfed?) by oil spills.  They rescue, rehabilitate, and release seabirds, waders, waterfowl, and even small mammals and reptiles.

If you are interested in learning more about what it takes to rescue an oiled bird, or if you’d like to donate to a worthy cause, check this organization out.

Written by Mike
Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but he's also a traveler who fully expects to see every bird in the world. Besides founding 10,000 Birds in 2003, Mike has also created a number of other entertaining but now extirpated nature blog resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network and I and the Bird.