An oil tanker broke in two off the coast of Spain, and the spillage could be twice the size of the Exxon Valdez spill. Hopefully the damage will be contained, but I couldn't help but notice that the existing damage to animals is mainly limited to 'sea birds' who have been 'taken for treatment'.

As someone who grew up on the ocean, I can honestly say, that one less sea bird is a good thing. Several hundred less 'sea birds' is a great thing. These birds are disgusting, vile creatures that I liken to rats and vermin. The only good birds are those that are worth eating (chickens and the like), and those that help control insect and rat populations (owls and the like). The others mainly feed on garbage and dead carcasses. I know, scavenging is a necessary job, but a few hundred less scavengers isn't going to hurt anyone.

To me, 'rescuing' animals that are suffering seems like a huge waste of resources. It would be much more efficient to euthanize the poor bastards and go about cleaning up the beaches. What it comes down to is that they are dumb animals, and their life, like all life, was finite to begin with. Cleaning them up and releasing them back into the ocean does a lot to warm the hearts of tree huggers, but little to restore nature's life cycle.

I have a question for these tree hugging, bed wetting, environmentalist wackos that go out and 'rescue' animals like this. Do you 'rescue' all life, or just the cute and fuzzy mammals and birds? What about any insects, worms, and microscopic creepy crawlies that are coated with a good slick of oil? Are they to be saved, or do you simply squash the bugs while running after the birds? Don't answer, I already know the hypocritical truth.