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No one was trying to save the birds. A dead bird lying on the beach of Tuzla Spit after a Russian oil tanker broke in half during a major sea storm and at least 2,000 tons of oil spilled into the Straight of Kerch in southern Russia. Thousands of birds died.
Agony. A bird is trying to shake off a black oil film covering its wings on the beach of Tuzla Spit after a Russian oil tanker broke in half during a major sea storm and about 2,000 tons of oil spilled into the Strait of Kerch in southern Russia. Thousands of birds died.
Russian Marines helping to clean up black oil from the beach of Tuzla Spit after a Russian oil tanker broke in half during a major sea storm and at least 2,000 tons of oil spilled into the Strait of Kerch in southern Russia.
A life boat from one of the wrecked ships lying on a black oil contaminated beach of Tuzla Spit in the Straits of Kerch. November 11, 2007 during a storm several boats sank and an oil tanker broke in half during a major sea storm spilling about 2,000 tons of oil into the Strait of Kerch connecting the Black and the Azov seas in southern Russia.
Agony. A bird covered with black oil tries to swim out to sea but the oil-soaked feathers no long protect the bird and the water feels too cold, compelling the bird to go back to the beach. A disaster occurred near Tuzla Spit after a Russian oil tanker broke in half during a major sea storm and at least 2,000 tons of oil spilled into the Strait of Kerch in southern Russia. Thousands of birds died.
A clean-up worker armed witha pitch-fork is trying top remove oil coated seaweed from the polluted shore of Tuzla Spit after a Russian oil tanker broke in half during a major sea storm and at least 2,000 tons of oil spilled into the Strait of Kerch in southern Russia.
Russian army air-borne troops dressed in chemical warfare suits help clean up the consequences of a major oil spill on Tuzla Spit after a Russian oil tanker broke in half during a major sea storm and at least 2,000 tons of oil spilled into the Strait of Kerch in southern Russia.
Agony. A bird covered with black oil sits waiting to die on the beach of Tuzla Spit after a Russian oil tanker broke in half during a major sea storm and about 2,000 tons of oil spilled into the Strait of Kerch in southern Russia. Thousands of birds died.
Agony. A bird covered with black oil on the beach of Tuzla Spit after a Russian oil tanker broke into two halves and at least 1,000 tons of oil spilled into the Kerch Straits in the south of Russia.
   
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