Posted AT 10:36 PM EDT on 30/04/08
500 ducks suffer a crude death in Alberta
CALGARY — Just five mallard ducks have been rescued from an oily tailings pond, while up to 500 birds have sunk to their deaths in the toxic byproduct of Syncrude Canada Ltd.'s oil-sands operation in northern Alberta.
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