Amysterydiseaseiskillingoffyellow-eyedpenguinchicksinNewZealand.ConservationgroupBirdLifeInternationalsaidthedisease,whichhasbaffledlocalscientists,hadkilledupto80percentofthisspring'schicksintheworstaffectedareasonNewZealand'sSouthIsland.Withaglobalpopulationofjustunder5,000birds,theyellow-eyedpenguinisconsideredtobetheworld'srarestpenguinspecies.
一種神秘疾病快要殺光新西蘭的黃眼企鵝。自然保育組織「國際鳥盟」指出，在新西蘭南島災情最嚴重的地區，那種令當地科學家大惑不解的疾病，已經殺死八成今春出生的小企鵝。黃眼企鵝在全球的總數不足五千，被視為世上最稀有的企鵝品種。