Hand-sewn sweaters to help penguins in need

Alfred was the first, and he sewed them despite his 110 years. Now many are joining the Penguin Foundation's appeal by sending colorful sweaters to save penguins affected by the oil spill.

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The Penguin Foundation received its latest delivery of sweaters a few days ago. They arrived from Shanghai, China. Joyce and her grandmother knitted eight of them. A precious gesture to help penguins in need. As precious as the time that Alfred Date, an Australian gentleman who died at 110, dedicated to penguins. animals in difficulty. Despite his age, Every day Alfred sewed sweaters for a rare species of penguins affected by the oil spill in the sea. The sweater is used to prevent the penguin, covered in oil, from trying to clean himself.

Unfortunately, oil affects the feathers, separating them, weakening them, and causing them to lose their waterproofness and ability to maintain proper body temperature. Thanks to the sweater, however, the penguins can't clean their feathers with their beaks, thus avoiding further weakening them and ingesting harmful substances, while also protecting themselves from the cold.

Alfred had joined the appeal of the Penguin Foundation, a foundation that raises funds to protect Phillip Island's wildlife while improving the natural environment through research, conservation, and education programs.

A project everyone can take part in: the Foundation that cares for penguins in need is always in need of help in the form of sweaters. The items received are also reused to raise funds for penguin research and conservation projects, to support the wildlife of the clinic and as educational tools to raise awareness about the effects of oil pollution on the sea and animals.

The images are taken from the Facebook page . of the Penguin Foundation

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