Read this story from the Guardian on the ecological tragedy developing off the east coast of New Zealand as a supertanker loaded with 1,700 tonnes of fuel oil and 200 tonnes of diesel recently run aground on a reef full of rare marine life.

“Conservationists have warned of an impending wildlife ‘tragedy’…with populations of penguins, whales, seals and seabirds set to be hardest hit…A severe weather warning for the Bay of Plenty area on Monday has
heightened fears that the stricken cargo vessel Rena…will start to break up, with grim consequences for the local marine wildlife.” (Oct. 10, 2011)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/10/new-zealand-oil-spill-wildlife-tragedy