It's just no good.

Sorry--more bad news. Even the International Bird Rescue said, "We don't know how many survive after release." The problem is that the birds have ingested so much oil, they die a slow death of organ failure once released (if you call 7 days slow) even if clean on the outside. Perhaps euthanasia is more humane. Just not as good PR for BP.

Less Than 1% of Oil-Soaked Birds Survive

Honestly, how do you recover from this?

The answer? You don't.