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More than 370 rescued penguins took to the skies on 3 October on a Brazilian Air Force C-130 transport bound for Pelotas, Brazil, where they were released back into the ocean. The International Fund for Animal Welfare assisted the Instituto Mamíferos Aquáticos to save the juvenile Magellanic penguins that had mysteriously become stranded on the beaches of Salvador, eight miles north of São Paulo. The airlift departed Salvador and flew 1,550 miles to Pelotas. After landing, the penguins were loaded onto trucks for an overnight stay at the Center for Recovery of Marine Animals. The next morning, the birds were released with a smaller group of adult penguins that had been rehabilitated after becoming oiled.
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