West Coast Seabirds eating bellyfuls of plastic

July 5, 2012 by Leave a comment

Non-food-stomach-content_StephanieAvery-Gomm-284x213Read a Canadian Press story quoting UBC researcher Stephanie Avery-Gomm showing 93% of the 67 beached fulmars (gull-like seabird) had bellyfuls of plastic – everything from twine and styrofoam to candy wrappers.

Read the story here in Metro News by Camille Bains, The Canadian Press.

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