Clean penguins return to sea after spill

August 1, 2006 Clean penguins return to sea after spill (AP)

Two penguins stand in a cage during their rehabilitation process from an oil spill in San Clemente del Tuyu, some 300 kilometers (186 miles) from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, July 31, 2006. Around 224 penguins were found in Santa Cruz province during the month of May, victims of oil spill. The 190 that survived were later taken to Fundacion Mundo Marino in San Clemente del Tuyu for their rehabilitation. The first 50 recovered were set free again to their natural habitat Monday.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

(AP) -- Dozens of freshly cleaned Magellanic penguins waddled into the ocean Monday to the applause of onlookers, the first batch of close to 200 goo-covered birds that were rescued and washed after an oil spill.

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