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The last time this happened in Australia, /.ers donated quite a bit to help out the effort here.

And if your too lazy to send money to .za the hard way, but you want to help the little birds, you can send it to the Penguin Hospital in .au at http://www.penguins.org.au/media/helpinghand.html

Wow! What a great idea! Penguin pr0n! Or maybe even Petrified Penguin pr0n! Or maybe just penguin softcore, with penguins looking sexy in nothing but little sweaters...The possibilities are endless!

Somehow I just keep thinking of the time in Bloom County when Milo gets a phone bill for thousands of dollars to 1-800-HOT-PUFFIN and Opus is looking decidedly sheepish...

--Ravenfeather, off to register a domain name.

"Oh wherever did you get one, I simply MUST have one?"

Seriously though, I hope a museum can afford to buy this to put it on display for us all to see. Having a T-rex in your corporate lobby would be cool, having some lame receptionist try to hang decorations off it come Christmas time would not.

One would imagine fossils take a certain amount of care and looking after?

Psike.

Save the Fairy Penguins - Make a Donation

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  ...It is believed the oil came from the pumping out of a ship's bilge, rather than a tanker spill, though neither the Environment Protection Authority nor the Maritime Board was able to confirm this yesterday. An EPA analysis of the oil is expected today...
  
  if you want to ask questions go to the source...here - (http://www.penguins.org.au/chat/index.html)
  
  

The Philip Island Nature Park now has a form available for credit card donations. That should take care of the currency-conversion problems.

According to the rangers on the site, " All monies raised will be going directly to improving the Little Penguin Hospital facilities in the here and now."

From the site in the article:

http://www.penguins.org.au/chat/index.html

there is now a link near the top to a form for online donations by credit card. If you don't want to look at the news and chat page on the penguin site, you can go direct to
https://www.penguins.org.au/medi a/helpinghand.html

From the site in the article:

http://www.penguins.org.au/chat/index.html

there is now a link near the top to a form for online donations by credit card. If you don't want to look at the news and chat page on the penguin site, you can go direct to
https://www.penguins.org.au/medi a/helpinghand.html

Well, once again it looks like we've been able, or will be able, to make a difference! From the penguins' web site:

This response is really fantastic - we are doing up a form page for those wanting to help out. And all the rangers here are *genuinely* moved at this overwhelming show of support. Wish we could show you the Penguin Hospital which is currently crowded by so many Little Penguins, and we will try and get some more pics online in our News Release service. And please keep the notes/emails coming in - this week has been very tiring and stressful. The Island and the Penguins (plus koalas and seals) are more than a job to everyone here. Its hard to explain, but these "wild animals" are very much a part of the life of our Island Community. I hope one day the Linux folk and others will join us for a celbration down here!

All monies raised will be going directly to improving the Little Penguin Hospital facilities in the here and now. Everything IS helping - and your words of encouragement are as meaningful to us as the donations being received. Thankyou! PS Could someone please post this thankyou somewhere ALL the Linux folk etc. can read it? Ta muchly!

and...

Amazing to see the replies coming in from the Linux community - what can we say? Thanks all!

Donations are very much appreciated as th enumber of affected penguins grows over 200 now, and sadly the number of dead is also rising :(

You can send a donation via cheque, postal or money order (probably travellers cheque as well) to:

Phillip Island Penguin Parade
att: Penguin Hospital Support Fund
P.O. Box 97
Cowes
Phillip Island. Victoria. 3922. AUSTRALIA.

Email to: penguins@penguins.org.au (we WILL reply ASAP to all enquiries)

On the programming side, we have just installed three (3) live online internet "kiosks" in our Visitor Centre. These are due to be up and running this week, delayed a little by the current crisis. Currently the three PC's are networked to a UNIX server, however we have been seriously investigating how to get a Linux box in place.I'm still on a learning curve with Linux, and must confess that it was Linux's use of the Little Penguin that first attracted me to the free/community OS. Programming enquiries to: penguins@ozgurus.com

Thanks and have a good one all!

That's right!

The occasional story like this - and in particular, the response that arises within the /. community when one is posted - is one of my favorite things about slashdot.

What do I mean by "the response"? Well, over at the Philip Island Preserve site, there have been thirty posts in the last couple of hours from slashdotters, most offering their help in the form of cash, sweaters, or whatever can be done.

This sure makes the Linux community look good - imagine how good it would be if the press picks up on the way that slashdot readers came to help out. And if the story, or the pictures of penguins in sweaters tug at your heartstrings, head on over to the Philip Island site, leave a comment, or better yet, make a donation.

They also need volunteers to help knit penguin jumpers. If you would like the pattern of the Little Penguin Jumper please write to us at penguins@penguins.org.au with your name and address and in a few weeks when we are back to our desks we will be able to send you out a copy. Don't look at me... I know nothing of knitting.