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Jackass Penguin Rescue

An oil spill off South Africa in June 2000 threatened tens of thousands of African penguins.

In June 2000 an oil tanker sank off the coast of South Africa. What followed was a mission to save thousands of African, or Jackass, penguins from the oil slick. Conservationists Tony Williams and Dayan de Napoli remember.

Photo: Penguins make their way back to the water after being rescued from the oil slick. (ANNA ZIEMINSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Tue 21 Jun 2016 07:50GMT
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