Bankwatch Mail 29
Publisher: CEE Bankwatch Network
Volume: 7 pages, pdf
Description:
Earlier this year when the snows started to melt and the ice drifted back to the northern sea of Okhotsk, hundreds of dead birds saturated in oil were found in Shiretoko, the world heritage site of Hokkaido in Japan. As more snow melted, more birds were found. In late March, one month after the first find, the number of collected, perished birds had risen to 5,338. Most of them were thick-billed murre and common guillemot, a rare species in Japan, were also included. Steller’s sea eagles, another endangered bird species and designated as a ‘natural monument’ in Japan, were also found dead – they had eaten the oiled carcasses on the shore.