real life connection
Brown pelicans used to be on the endangered species list. They have recovered and bred, but now they are facing hard times, because of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Darby's "Pelican Brief" involves a lawsuit about brown pelicans going extinct, and oil drilling harming their habitat. This relates to the modern world, because after the BP oil spill, environmentalists are trying to save the pelican from oil damage.