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Thank Brazil's Zoo for Helping Penguins!

Target: The Niteroi Zoo and President Giselda Candiotto of the Zoonit Foundation
Sponsored by: Care2

In the past month, over four hundred penguins have washed up on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro, lost on the way to their annual migration site of the Argentine Patagonia. Although penguins get lost every year in Brazil, there has been an astounding number this year.

It's currently a mystery why there are so many penguins washing up on Brazil's shores this year, but scientists have posed several environmental theories, such as overfishing, pollution and global warming.

Niterói Zoo, the largest in the state of Rio de Janeiro, has taken in many of the surviving penguins. Soon, the Oceanographic Museum in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul will be taking in the survivors to rehabilitate them and prepare them to go back to the wild.

Send a thank you to the Niterói Zoo and president Giselda Candiotto of the Zoonit Foundation, the zoo's rescue relief foundation, for making sure our disoriented friends get well!

deadline: 7-23-2009
goal: 15,000

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We signed the “Thank Brazil's Zoo for Helping Penguins!” petition!

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6:31 pm PDT, Jul 23, Maria Celima Rojas Herrera, Colombia

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2:33 pm PDT, Jul 23, Jaycie Tipton, Florida

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6:31 am PDT, Jul 23, Sophia Papadohatzaki, Greece

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4:56 pm PDT, Jul 22, Rastic Samela, Maryland

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10:10 am PDT, Jul 22, Jeanne Kelly, California

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7:11 am PDT, Jul 22, Diane Pulsifer, California

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5:55 am PDT, Jul 22, Peggy Fugate, Ohio

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11:56 am PDT, Jul 21, Lorna Scott, California

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8:43 am PDT, Jul 21, Vanessa Gutierrez, California

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8:40 am PDT, Jul 21, Dian Berger, Idaho

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10:59 pm PDT, Jul 20, Kelleen Knight, California

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12:35 pm PDT, Jul 20, Brenda Frantz Shnowski, Michigan

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9:09 am PDT, Jul 20, Mandi T, California

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4:57 pm PDT, Jul 19, Michelle Du Preez, New Zealand

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12:39 pm PDT, Jul 19, Savannah Smith, Germany
THANK YOU!!!

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9:18 am PDT, Jul 19, Alexander Haulman, California

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8:43 am PDT, Jul 19, Marissa Abramovic, Pennsylvania
Thank you for giving hope : )

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5:15 am PDT, Jul 19, AnimalSpirit Martz, Indiana

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12:18 pm PDT, Jul 17, Name not displayed, Ohio

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1:23 am PDT, Jul 17, Carol Short, New Jersey

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8:10 pm PDT, Jul 16, Lexi Novaes, Virginia
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SELFLESSNESS AND FOR SETTING AN EXAMPLE FOR US ALL!

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1:15 pm PDT, Jul 16, J R Alessi, Florida

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11:49 am PDT, Jul 16, Gary r Beck, California

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9:07 am PDT, Jul 16, Sandy Hernandez, California

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6:05 pm PDT, Jul 15, David Tsosie, Arizona
Thanks fro helping penguins.

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6:04 pm PDT, Jul 15, Antonio Calabria, Texas

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4:20 pm PDT, Jul 15, Debra A Pinkham, Massachusetts
On behalf of the penguins,Thank You!

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1:30 pm PDT, Jul 15, Kylee Power, Tennessee

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12:18 pm PDT, Jul 15, Name not displayed, Washington

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12:17 pm PDT, Jul 15, Debi Skelton, Minnesota

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9:21 am PDT, Jul 15, DENA HARRIS, Georgia

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9:16 am PDT, Jul 15, Sharon Vergo, Oregon

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8:15 am PDT, Jul 15, Jody Bond, Michigan

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1:22 am PDT, Jul 15, Cameron Mo, Massachusetts

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10:02 pm PDT, Jul 14, Adriana Chavez, California

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10:12 am PDT, Jul 14, Daffy McGee, California

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9:19 am PDT, Jul 14, Elise Behnke, California

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8:00 am PDT, Jul 14, Katira Tejeda, Massachusetts
thanks for your kindness towards these beautiful animal!

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5:41 am PDT, Jul 14, David N Moore, Connecticut

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2:04 am PDT, Jul 14, Hayley Pearson, United Kingdom

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1:06 am PDT, Jul 14, Jeanette steffi Gahid, Philippines
You have made a difference and saved their lives. Thank you for treating them as part of the earth, not just some object to be abused. Thank you very much! You are true heroes!

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10:26 pm PDT, Jul 13, Maren Heinig, Australia

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1:01 pm PDT, Jul 13, Doncy Falvey, Colorado

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5:49 am PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, Denmark

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2:10 pm PDT, Jul 12, Megan Davis, Colorado

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1:59 pm PDT, Jul 12, Moira Lasserre, Uruguay

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1:14 pm PDT, Jul 12, Nicole Hilkovitch, Illinois

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10:32 am PDT, Jul 12, Marianne Schmidt, Germany

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4:09 am PDT, Jul 12, Radiance Within, Australia

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3:26 am PDT, Jul 12, Pennie Lefkowitz, Florida

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