News Briefing - Week of August 17, 2020

Three Stories:

1. Oil spill off the coast of Mauritius Island, after an oil tanker crashed into a coral reef.

2. Two beluga whales were just released from captivity into an open ocean sea-pen off the southern coast of Iceland.

3. Palm oil producer allocates a wildlife sanctuary for Sumatran Rhinos, a critically endangered species with only 30 - 80 organisms left in the wild.

Sources: 
https://news.yahoo.com/tanker-oil-spill-mauritius-065310165.html 
https://belugasanctuary.sealifetrust.org/en/ 
https://www.ran.org/leuser-watch/great-news-for-sumatran-rhinos/  

To learn more about Palm Oil and to avoid products that contain them:  

https://www.ran.org/sf20scorecard/ 
https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/which-everyday-products-contain-palm-oil