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Workers, spilled 207 million gallons of crude into the sea and caused billions of dollars in damage. as catastrophic as the human and fiscal side of the disaster has been, we must not forget the toll it took on wildlife in the region. anagano wildlife, brown pelicans, thousands of which died after being swamped by oily muck that clotted their feathers and made them unable to fly or breathe. fortunately, some conservationists are helping the blighted birds take flight again. we have the story and the amazing pictures to go with it. >> reporter: this is the bretten national wildlife refuge, and ...

Gulping the surface. >> so it's taking it into its booed sdpe if you're drinking oil it's not good for the digestive system. so he's in distress. >> reporter: it seemed to be having breathing problems. after a few moments it disappeared into the reddish, oily muck. >> reporter: okay. we're about to take off. i didn't want to leave without getting a souvenir. there it is. the gulf of mexico oil spill. that's just one leading band of it. you see how it's floating to the top and how nasty it is. all of this is going that way back toward shore. and i still have right here, mexico. you have a thin,...