Great Penguin Rescue by Dyan Denapoli
On June 23, 2000, the iron ore carrier MV Treasure foundered off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, spilling 1,300 tons of oil into the ocean and contaminating the habitat of 75,000 penguins--thus threatening to decimate 41 percent of the world's population of African penguins. A massive rescue effort was launched, with penguin expert Dyan deNapoli--better known as The Penguin Lady--serving as a rehabilitation supervisor. By the end of a grueling, but ultimately rewarding, three months, she and her fellow volunteers had de-oiled, nursed back to health, and released into the wild nearly all of the affected birds. The Great Penguin Rescue is the extraordinary and heartwarming true story of the world's largest and most successful wildlife rescue and a moving portrait of these captivating birds.Dyan deNapoli has spent fifteen years working with penguins at the New England Aquarium and in the wild. She has been on various television and radio programs as a penguin expert, and she wrote the chapter on penguins for the New Book of Knowledge encyclopedia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781439148181 |
| ISBN 10 | 143914818X |
| Title | Great Penguin Rescue |
| Author | Dyan Denapoli |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2011-08-16 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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