Massive Oil Slick Threatens U.S. Gulf Coast
PASS CHRISTIAN, MS - MAY 03: Megan Broadway (L) and Wendy Hatchett from the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies pick up a dead sea turtle from the beach as concern continues that the massive
oil spill in the
Gulf of Mexico may harm animals in its path on May 3, 2010 in Pass Christian,
Mississippi. It is unknown if the turtle died due to the oil spill. Oil is still leaking out of the Deepwater Horizon wellhead at an estimated rate of 1,000-5,000 barrels a day.