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Whale Sharks Threatened by Gulf Oil Spill; 5 Other Animal Species at Risk

By Dana ChivvisJul 1st 2010 – 1:40PM

Add one more animal to BP's ever-growing list of victims: the whale shark, which researchers observed this week in dangerous proximity to the gulf oil spill. Of course, it is far from the only member of the animal kingdom to be threatened by one of humankind's worst environmental disasters in years. In June, the U.S....

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The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1951 with the goal of reducing pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans.

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