By AKEMI KANDA/ Staff Writer
February 10, 2020 at 15:00 JST
A human tries to approach an albatross to cover it with a cloth bag to put a leg ring on it, but the bird vomited garbage from its stomach. On Torishima island in the Izu island chain, many chicks accidentally ingest petrochemical products in floating garbage. The photo was taken in 1993. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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