This Rescued Penguin’s Story Will Make Your Day
TAURANGA, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 11: One of the rescued
oil-coated penguins recuperating in a water tank is filmed during a
media call at the oiled wildlife centre in Tauranga on October 11, 2011
in Tauranga, New Zealand. Up to 350 more tonnes of oil has been spilled
from the 'Rena', which is stricken off the coast of Tauranga today,
after the ship shifted position on the reef. The crew was evacuated and
are waiting for a break in rough weather to return to pumping oil off
the ship to the barge Awanuia. Officials are warning that if the ship
breaks up and releases the 1,700 tonnes of fuel on board it will be the
worst maritime disaster for New Zealand in decades. (Photo by Bradley
Ambrose/Getty Images)
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It may look a little silly but these woollen sheaths are knitted
specifically for penguin victims of oil slick disasters. Napier-based
Skeinz Natural Yarn Store has knitters going like the clappers to make
the penguin jumpers for the Bay of Plenty disaster. General manager
Brendan Jackson told NewstalkZB three to four dozen penguin outfits are
likely to be needed. The knitwear prevents the birds from preening their
feathers and ingesting the toxic oil that they've been exposed to. The
Oiled Wildlife Response Unit is taking care of 91 animals as a result of
the spill, mostly little blue penguins.
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October 17: Woolly comforter
By Ana Samways
Monday Oct 17, 2011
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