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The great albatross farce; 18 sponsored birds join a race to highlight dangers ...but 15 are missing, presumed dead.

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From: The Evening Standard (London, England)
Date: 20040630
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Byline: NICK CURTIS

SINCE Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner in 1798, a dead albatross has been a symbol of bad luck.

Now the Big Bird Race, a sponsored betting event designed to highlight the plight of the endangered seabirds, has suffered spectacular misfortune.

Of 18 Tasmanian shy albatrosses making a satellitemonitored 6,000-mile migration to South Africa, each sponsored by the likes of Jerry Hall, Jeremy Vine and Olivia Newton-John, only three are still in the running.

The remaining 15 are missing, presumed dead.

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