A Lima zoo is racing to save dozens of seabirds, including protected penguins, left covered in oil after 6,000 barrels of crude spilled off Peru's coast in the aftermath of the Tonga tsunami.
– listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature – were brought to the Parque de Las Leyendas zoo after being rescued from polluted beaches and nature reserves."We are doing everything we can. It is not a common occurrence and we are doing our best."
"We have never seen anything like this in the history of Peru," said Bermudez, while tending to a bird.Peru has declared an environmental emergency after almost a million liters of crude spilled into the sea last Saturday when a tanker was hit by big waves while offloading at a refinery.undersea volcano near the archipelago of TongaThe spill near Lima has fouled beaches and harmed the fishing and tourism industries, and crews have been working non-stop to clean up the mess.
Serfor staff have found many dead birds and sea otters on beaches and in natural reserves since the spill, he added.Among the birds rescued alive but in need of help are different types of cormorants and six Humboldt penguins.
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