Taronga Wildlife Hospital in Australia has seen an increase in injured little penguins, many of them malnourished or injured by dogs or fishing equipment.
Eight healthy little penguins - the smallest species of penguin - were yesterday returned to the ocean at Long Reef after a rehabilitation stint at the hospital.
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The birds arrived at the zoo in recent weeks from as far away as Newcastle and Hawks Nest, malnourished from their annual moult or suffering injuries.
One had to have a toe amputated after it became entangled in abandoned fishing line.
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