Oil-cover Rockhopper Penguins In Trouble, As Lack of Supplies and Isolateion Hamper the Rehabilitation Effort
Some more info on the South Atlantic oil spill affecting endangered rockhopper penguins, seals, and the other wildlife on Nightingale Island: According to officials from Tristan da Cunha some 1,600 tons of heavy fuel oil were spilled when the MS Oliva ran aground last week. All 22 crew members were rescued soon thereafter, but clean up continues. The main body of oil around the island appears to have dissipated.
Thousand of oil-covered penguins have been collected and moved to main island in the archipelago but due to lack of equipment and supplies these efforts have been slow. Tristan da Cunha, a British territory, has no airport and is at least four days away from Africa by ship…
(read more: Treehugger)
