Photos: Beavers saved from fuel leak are released
Five beavers contaminated in a March diesel fuel spill in Utah have been released back into the wild. The Salt Lake Tribune reported the animals were released Tuesday in the Uinta Mountains by staff members with the state Division of Wildlife Resources and Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. Wildlife officials recovered the animals after a Chevron pipeline leaked about 20,000 gallons of diesel fuel. -- AP
Fuel Leak Beaver Recovery
One of five Willard Bay beavers brought back to health emerges from plastic tunnel from it new starter lodge at its new home in the Uinta Mountains Tuesday, Aug. 13 in Box Elder County, Utah. The beavers were burned by petroleum and suffered respiratory and gastrointestinal problems after a March diesel fuel spill in Willard Bay. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Al Hartmann)
Fuel Leak Beaver Recovery
A March 26, 2013 file photo provided by the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah shows a baby beaver just after its arrival at the rehabilitation center after a Chevron pipleine leak contaminated their home. Five of the six beavers contaminated in the March diesel fuel spill in are being released into the wild Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. The beavers were burned by petroleum and suffered respiratory and gastrointestinal problems, but the beavers' dam is credited with holding back much of the fuel from drifting into Willard Bay. (AP Photo/Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah)
Fuel Leak Beaver Recovery
A March 26, 2013 file photo provided by the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah shows workers cleaning a beaver at the rehabilitation center after a Chevron pipleine leak contaminated their home. Five of the six beavers contaminated in the March diesel fuel spill in are being released into the wild Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. The beavers were burned by petroleum and suffered respiratory and gastrointestinal problems, but the beavers' dam is credited with holding back much of the fuel from drifting into Willard Bay. (AP Photo/Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah)
Fuel Leak Beaver Recovery
Volunteers from Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah carry one of five Willard Bay beavers brought back to health to its new home in the Uinta Mountains Tuesday, Aug. 13 in Box Elder County, Utah. The beavers were burned by petroleum and suffered respiratory and gastrointestinal problems after a March diesel fuel spill. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Al Hartmann)
Fuel Leak Beaver Recovery
Volunteers from Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah carry one of five Willard Bay beavers brought back to health to its new home in the Uinta Mountains Tuesday, Aug. 13 in Box Elder County, Utah. The beavers were burned by petroleum and suffered respiratory and gastrointestinal problems after a March diesel fuel spill. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Al Hartmann)
Fuel Leak Beaver Recovery
Volunteers of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah stand behind one of three starter lodges that five Willard Bay beavers were placed into before emerging into their new pond home in the Uinta Mountains Tuesday, Aug. 13 in Box Elder County, Utah. The beavers were burned by petroleum and suffered respiratory and gastrointestinal problems after a March diesel fuel spill in Willard Bay. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Al Hartmann)
Fuel Leak Beaver Recovery
Volunteers from Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah carry one of five Willard Bay beavers brought back to health to its new home in the Uinta Mountains Tuesday, Aug. 13 in Box Elder County, Utah. The beavers were burned by petroleum and suffered respiratory and gastrointestinal problems after a March diesel fuel spill. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Al Hartmann)
Fuel Leak Beaver Recovery
Volunteers of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah watch from across the pond as the five Willard Bay beavers they brought back to health take their first swim in their new home in the Uinta Mountains Tuesday, Aug. 13 in Box Elder County, Utah. The beavers were burned by petroleum and suffered respiratory and gastrointestinal problems after a March diesel fuel spill in Willard Bay. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Al Hartmann)
Fuel Leak Beaver Recovery
One of five Willard Bay beavers brought back to health emerges from plastic tunnel from it new starter lodge at its new home in the Uinta Mountains Tuesday, Aug. 13 in Box Elder County, Utah. The beavers were burned by petroleum and suffered respiratory and gastrointestinal problems after a March diesel fuel spill in Willard Bay. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Al Hartmann)
Fuel Leak Beaver Recovery
One of five Willard Bay beavers brought back to health emerges from plastic tunnel from it new starter lodge at its new home in the Uinta Mountains Tuesday, Aug. 13 in Box Elder County, Utah. The beavers were burned by petroleum and suffered respiratory and gastrointestinal problems after a March diesel fuel spill in Willard Bay. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Al Hartmann)