Article 5FXWJ Trapped in gloves, tangled in masks: Covid PPE killing animals, report finds

Trapped in gloves, tangled in masks: Covid PPE killing animals, report finds

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Damian Carrington Environment editor
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Mask and gloves protect people but harm animals from penguins to dogs when discarded, researchers say

The masks and gloves protecting people from coronavirus are proving a deadly threat to wildlife when thrown away, a report has found.

A fish trapped in the finger of a rubber glove in the Netherlands, a penguin in Brazil with a mask in its stomach and a fox in the UK entangled in a mask were among the victims.

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