What happen to animal habitat in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill?

   I am learn more about animal habitatin the oil spill right now, and in particular what I'm wondering about is: What happen to animal habitat in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? I was researching this question online, and this news item caught my attention because... It give good detail about how this oil spill is dangering them, and type of animal are in danger.

    "Efforts are under way to keep the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from reaching birds, mammals and critical shoreline habitats, but some marine biologists worry about the effects of the oil slick and the use of chemical dispersant on life underwater."from: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/04/28/us/20100428-spill-map.html

   The quote I choose here is basically saying that people caring about the animal habitat, or stoping the oil to get to them, but they are using other chemical to clean up.

  I think this is important because...It makes me wonder...what people are doing, do they really care about the animal. Animal are important we should love them not distroit them.