CAPE TOWN – A race to rescue up to 20,000 endangered penguins from an oil spill in an isolated south Atlantic British island group was underway Thursday after a cargo ship ran aground. Oil-slicked Rockhopper penguins were being collected and taken off three Tristan da Cunha islands to the main…
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