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A group of Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) are seen after being clean by specialists after the oil spill happened when an Italian-flagged tanker, the “Mare Doricum”, was unloading oil at the La Pampilla refinery, at the Parque de las Leyendas Zoo in Lima, on February 02, 2022. The spill, described as an “ecological disaster” by the Peruvian government, happened when a tanker was unloading oil at a refinery owned by Spanish company Repsol. It polluted beaches, killed wildlife and robbed fishermen of their livelihood. (Photo by Ernesto Benavides/AFP Photo)
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