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Name: Sea life around Mauritius dying as oil spill spreads
Uploaded: 2020-08-11T21:33:50Z
Duration: 1 min 14 s
Description: Mauritian volunteers fished dead eels from oily waters as they tried to clean up damage to the Indian Ocean island’s most pristine beaches after a Japanese bulk carrier leaked an estimated 1,000 tonnes of oil.

Sea life around Mauritius dying as oil spill spreads

Published 11 August 2020, 9:14 pm

Mauritian volunteers fished dead eels from oily waters as they tried to clean up damage to the Indian Ocean island’s most pristine beaches after a Japanese bulk carrier leaked an estimated 1,000 tonnes of oil.

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