P731 CJJFAX 731 Sun 3 Mar 20:31/25 1/2 T SEA EMPRESS: 50,000 SEABIRDS COULD DIE The death toll from the Sea Empress oil spill could top 50,000, wildlife protection bodies have said. The RSPCA said a rough count had shown that some 20,000 birds had been affected by the 65,000 tonnes of crude oil spilled bz the supjrtankjr. However, the RSPCA said only a tenth of this number had been rescued for treatment and cleaning along the 100 mile South Wbles coastline. "Survivors are now arriving much weaker ...thbn in the early days of the spill", the orgbnisation said. %,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Next Page NatTrust4 CmntyJnfo ReligionP731 CJJFAX 731 Sun 3 Mar 20:34/20 2/2 O T SEA EMPRESS: 50,000 SEABIRDS COULD DIE The number of live oiled birds picked up along the PembroSjshiri coastline has risen to above 2,000. The Wildlife Trust has called on the Government to ricognisj the spill as a nationbl disaster. Meanwhile, the wildlife organisations have denied claims that they have exaggerated the scale of the spill. Dr Simon Lzstit from the Wildlife Trust said the Sea Empress slick was already twice the size of the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska in 1989. Read Hear 710 Community 720 Next Page NatTrust4 CmntyJnfo Religion