Dakota Agee
Mrs.Gubera
15 April, 2016
Enrich.Comm Arts
Oil Spills Affecting Animals
Oil spills are very dangerous. Chemicals in oil can be poisonous to animals, plants, and humans. If ingested can be deadly. A pelican wanting a drink, might swoop down and get a drink only to find out it is infested with oil. That pelican would be later killed because of the toxins in the oil. If oil is spilled on the ground near a plant, the plant would be intoxicated by the oil due to the toxins. A child playing outside might see the oil and ingest it somehow. What are ways to help animals? What are ways to prevent oil spills from happening? People have been asking these questions and we are here to give answers.
The problem is people are using to much oil. There are Electricity is one solution we can cut down on the …show more content…
If we only pump oil that we need we, would not have as much oil left over that would get spilled into the ocean and rivers. Oil pumps “less than 15 barrels of oil per day”, (aoghs.org) but in all it adds up to be a big number over time.
“As many as 25,900 marine mammals may been harmed by oil spills”, (biologicaldiversity.org) this number gets a whole lot bigger when multiple oil spills happen. Many animals die from ingesting the oil. One of the Dawn commercials shows how they pick up a duck and wash the oil off of it with dawn but sadly most of the animals will not get pick up and cleaned, they will probably die.
Instead of having oil spill into the ocean or a lake, oil companies should make a deep, reserved canal that won’t harm animals. When they put the oil in there they can use up all that oil before they pump more. Oil companies are showing us that it is okay to be wasteful.
Overall, I think that oil companies should change how they work. Oil should not be harming animals, it should be used for the things we need it for. If an oil company has an oil spill I think they should be fined and have to change how they
Mrs.Gubera
15 April, 2016
Enrich.Comm Arts
Oil Spills Affecting Animals
Oil spills are very dangerous. Chemicals in oil can be poisonous to animals, plants, and humans. If ingested can be deadly. A pelican wanting a drink, might swoop down and get a drink only to find out it is infested with oil. That pelican would be later killed because of the toxins in the oil. If oil is spilled on the ground near a plant, the plant would be intoxicated by the oil due to the toxins. A child playing outside might see the oil and ingest it somehow. What are ways to help animals? What are ways to prevent oil spills from happening? People have been asking these questions and we are here to give answers.
The problem is people are using to much oil. There are Electricity is one solution we can cut down on the …show more content…
If we only pump oil that we need we, would not have as much oil left over that would get spilled into the ocean and rivers. Oil pumps “less than 15 barrels of oil per day”, (aoghs.org) but in all it adds up to be a big number over time.
“As many as 25,900 marine mammals may been harmed by oil spills”, (biologicaldiversity.org) this number gets a whole lot bigger when multiple oil spills happen. Many animals die from ingesting the oil. One of the Dawn commercials shows how they pick up a duck and wash the oil off of it with dawn but sadly most of the animals will not get pick up and cleaned, they will probably die.
Instead of having oil spill into the ocean or a lake, oil companies should make a deep, reserved canal that won’t harm animals. When they put the oil in there they can use up all that oil before they pump more. Oil companies are showing us that it is okay to be wasteful.
Overall, I think that oil companies should change how they work. Oil should not be harming animals, it should be used for the things we need it for. If an oil company has an oil spill I think they should be fined and have to change how they