Over 300 toilets and just as many tires have been found at the reef off California’s Malibu coast. The trash was found by scuba divers working with UC Davis Wildlife Health Center’s SeaDoc Society. I spoke with Kirsten Gilardi, veterinarian and executive director for the SeaDoc Society to find out about the cleanup efforts.
Watch the video of what was found and listen to my conversation with Kirsten.
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How did you know the toilets and tires were there?
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Over 300 tires were discovered at a reef off California's Malibu coast.
How did all the stuff get there?
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What affect has this had on marine life in the area?
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Toilets hoisted from the reef. Kirsten Gilardi is in the blue T-shirt.
Will the reef recover?
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What’s the most rewarding part about the SeaDoc program?
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I knew the oceans are going in the crapper but I didn’t know about the reverse situation.
I live here in Marietta, Georgia were the ocean is no were near but this is “IT” , I have tears in my eyes just to look at the tape.
“IF” we do not “Stop” or better yet do something about it, we are in, for a very bat ending of this, what we all call and LIVE in this beautiful PLANET [terra nostra], just look and read the news,[oil spill/earthquake/floods/ plus more thinks happening every day, ect. and you ask why! pls. look at the tape,one more time.