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UPDATE: MEDIA AVIALABILITY: Rehabilitated wildlife impacted by oil spill to be released

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Members from the Oiled Wildlife Care Network release an oil spill-impacted Western Gull, Oct. 16, 2021 at White Point Beach located in San Pedro, California. The gull was cleaned and went through the rehabilitation process at the Los Angeles Oiled Bird Care and Education Center in San Pedro. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Fisher)

Editor’s note: Media are requested to RSVP by 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20 to Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class David Weydert at (562) 577-4457 or at inquiries@socalspillresponse.com. The event will be broadcasted live on the U.S. Coast Guard Los Angeles Facebook page.

UPDATE: Location of bird release and parking has been updated. 

WHO: Representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Oil Spill Prevention and Response, and the Oiled Wildlife Care Network. 

WHAT: Representatives will talk about the wildlife recovery and rehabilitation process, updates on the oil response and will be releasing cleaned wildlife from the oil spill. Wildlife include snowy plovers, grebes and sandpipers. 

WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 11 a.m. 

WHERE: City of Huntington Beach Lifeguard Headquarters, 103 CA-1, Huntington Beach, CA 92648.