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Everybody knows about the harm done to marine life through oil spills. At Jeffreys Bay on the southeastern coast of South Africa, a heroic process is being carried out as you are reading here. The pictures tell the story. Erica Dawidowicz, one of the volunteers helping at the penguin sanctuary, took the pictures of the penguins being taken back to the sea.Jackass Penguins: Being fed, being freed, being saved at Jeffreys Bay!
Bronek Dawidowicz offers a fish to one of the penguins.
They are hand fed every day, the sick ones are taken care off and they are bathed numerous times to remove the oil from their feathers.
These next four pictures were taken by Erica. (This was one of the typically beautiful days at Jay Bay, as it is affectionately known by the locals. Surfers from all over the world flock here during summer.)
Normally the penguins have a pool and an enclosed area to spend their
time in while they get rid of the oil on their bodies. Once they are well
enough, they are caught and put in these pens, on the day they will be
given their freedom.
Next they are placed in these special penguin cardboard boxes. Three
penguins at a time can fit into one of these.
Lining up on the beach and opening the containers. It is as if the
penguins can smell the surf and they all start waddling down to the water
immediately.
Catching the first wave! They all stay together and start swimming
to the lsland where they will regroup with the rest of their families.
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