List of endangered species threatened by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Following is a list of endangered species threatened by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill based on a May 25, 2010 announcement that Defenders of Wildlife and Southern Environmental Law Center had served a notice of intent letter to BP for "unauthorized take of endangered species caused by the continuing oil spill and use of dispersants."^[1]

According to the Endangered Species Act "take" means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct."^[2]

Whales

• Blue whale
• Fin whale
• Sei whale
• Humpback whale
• Sperm whale

Turtles

• Green turtle
• Hawksbill turtle
• Leatherback turtle
• Kemp's ridley turtle
• Loggerhead turtle

Beach mice

• Peromyscus polionotus ammobates (Alabama beach mouse)
• Peromyscus polionotus allophrys (Choctawhatchee beach mouse)
• Peromyscus polionotus phasma (Anastasia Island beach mouse)
• Peromyscus polionotus peninsularis (St. Andrew beach mouse)
• Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris (Southeastern beach mouse)
• Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis (Perdido Key beach mouse)

Birds

• Piping Plover
• Roseate Tern
• Whooping Crane
• Mississippi Sandhill Crane
• Everglade Snail Kite
• Wood Stork
• Least Tern

Fish

• Gulf sturgeon
• Alabama sturgeon
• Pallid sturgeon
• Smalltooth sawfish

Coral

• Elkhorn coral
• Staghorn coral

Other

• Florida salt marsh vole
• West Indian manatee

References

External links

• Susan Shaw: The oil spill's toxic trade-off | Video on TED.com (16:43)
• Carl Safina: The oil spill's unseen culprits, victims | Video on TED.com (19:56)

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