Skeinz, a yarn store in New Zealand is calling on knitters worldwide to make sweaters for penguins affected by the 2011 New Zealand Oil Spill. The sweaters prevent oil-soaked birds from preening (and poisoning) themselves, and keep them warm before and after they are cleaned by cleanup workers. The Tasmanian Conservation Trust made a similar request in 2001, but instead of the 100 sweaters they asked for, they received 15,000. (via Laughing Squid)

Skeinz, a yarn store in New Zealand is calling on knitters worldwide to make sweaters for penguins affected by the 2011 New Zealand Oil Spill. The sweaters prevent oil-soaked birds from preening (and poisoning) themselves, and keep them warm before and after they are cleaned by cleanup workers.

The Tasmanian Conservation Trust made a similar request in 2001, but instead of the 100 sweaters they asked for, they received 15,000.

(via Laughing Squid)

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