Australia's oldest man still knitting for human and animal friends at 109

[kpete]

Oily birds become distressed, cold and less-effective hunters. They can also swallow the sludge when they pick at clumped-up feathers. Slipping the knitwear on them helps prevent this.

The jumper rehabilitation method was proved in 2001 when 438 little penguins were covered in oil following a spill near Phillip Island. The jumpers ensured 96 percent of the marine birds were successfully returned to the wild.

"We are incredibly grateful for the donations we have received and the time and effort creating them," Ms Jones said about the recent knitters' efforts — not to mention the fact they put someone as talented as Alfred to good use.

While the foundation knew he was officially their "most senior little penguin jumper knitter," they did not know Alfred was also the oldest living Australian and likely one of the world's oldest knitters.


http://minisites.ninemsn.com.au/9stories/8955763/australias-oldest-man-still-knitting-for-human-and-animal-friends-at-109

[Mnemosyne]

1. Nice sweaters, knitted by a good human. nt

[smirkymonkey]

2. Awww! He's quite talented!

What a great person to use his talents at that age to help wildlife!

[malaise]

3. My kind of human being

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[irisblue]

4. Dude, you give humans a good name

[appalachiablue]

5. Wonderful man & very talented bird sweater creator. Nice to see a beautiful inspiring story

about good humans for a change.