Penguins Promote Plastic Waste Reduction at Seafood Restaurant [Video]

• Penguins Tilly, Olivia, and Dolores visited the Shaw’s Crab House last month to promote their home Shedd Aquarium’s Let’s Shedd Plastic campaign. 
• The campaign aims to encourage more businesses and restaurants to cut down on plastic use.
• A wider reach helps make sure that the world’s waters will be kept plastic-free for penguins, other animals, and humans in the years to come.

Three penguins walked into a restaurant and… did a good job of promoting plastic waste reduction!

Late last month, Tilly, Olivia, and Dolores, three Magellanic penguins from the Shedd Aquarium, visited the nearby Shaw’s Crab House to promote the Let’s Shedd Plastic campaign. 

The aquarium’s campaign aims to urge businesses to cut down on plastic use to help keep the world’s water sources cleaner.

As one of the Chicago restaurants participating in the campaign, Shaw’s was very welcoming to the three penguins.

The aquarium’s director of conservation action, Jaclyn Wegner, expressed the importance of cooperation from businesses and restaurants. A wider reach helps ensure that the world’s waters remain plastic-free “for penguins and all aquatic animals.”

The three penguins’ field trip to Shaw’s was a way of celebrating the restaurant’s participation in the program.

Take a look at the three explorers making their way around the restaurant, perhaps wondering what kind of treats they will get:

According to the aquarium staffers, the little trip also served as a way to add some variety to the penguins’ daily routine. It also became a bright spot in the day for everyone who encountered them — and made for adorable photos!

Source: Daily Paws