Just when I think I've seen it all.....

[Yamma]

A good yarn: Knitters make sweaters for penguins after oil spill
Laura T. Coffey writes

It's a sad story with a happy twist. Blue penguins in New Zealand have been soaked with oil after a container ship ran aground near the east coast of the country's North Island earlier this month. New Zealand’s Environment Minister Nick Smith has described the oil spill as the nation’s “most significant maritime environmental disaster.”

In their oil-soaked state, the birds shouldn’t preen themselves because their feathers are contaminated. They also need help staying warm before and after rescue workers do what they can to clean them up.

So Skeinz, a knitting shop in Napier, New Zealand, put out a call for knitters to make little sweaters for penguins in need. And boy, have knitters around the world responded. One blog post from the folks at Skeinz.com ran under the headline “It’s raining jumpers.” Another ran with the headline “We have Critical Mass” — but Skeinz is still encouraging determined knitters to send their handiwork along to “keep stocks available for the Wildlife Rescue Team to draw from if required.”



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[Giraffe (He/Him)]

The animal lover in me says whatever works is great. The rest of me says WTF!

Conflicted in Cottage Grove,
Thomas.

[Bill]

That's a heartwarming story, but I still feel bad for those penguins. You just know that the other penguins without sweaters are going to bully and beat up the nerdly, sweater wearing penguins.

[jaxgator]

Glad they got the response they needed.

[NEVRL8T]

Jim Tressel get a new job?

[boracayjohnny]

Originally Posted by NEVRL8T

Jim Tressel get a new job?

[DJ_Critterus]

I didn't know they haad penguins in Sssssan FranCcccciso.