Jackass Penguin Rescue

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In June 2000 an oil tanker sank off the coast of South Africa. What followed was a mission to save thousands of African, or Jackass, penguins from the oil slick. Conservationists Tony Williams and Dayan de Napoli remember. Photo: Penguins make their way back to the water after being rescued from the oil slick. (ANNA ZIEMINSKI/AFP/Getty Images)