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Rescuers Scramble to Save 14,600 Sheep After Cargo Ship Capsizes in Black Sea

Rescuers Scramble to Save 14,600 Sheep After Cargo Ship Capsizes in Black Sea
Romania's Midia port on the Black Sea before it embarks its passengers: thousands of sheep to be shipped to Libya for the Eid al-Adha holiday on July 30, 2019. Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images
Isabel van Brugen
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Emergency services are racing to save 14,600 sheep after a cargo ship they were being carried on capsized in the Black Sea, off the coast of Romania.

The Queen Hind cargo ship, which was built as a livestock carrier in 1980, overturned on Nov. 24, shortly after departing at about 12 p.m. from the Romanian port of Midia—one of the satellite ports of Constanța county, which borders Bulgaria.

Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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