Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital and Sanctuary
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Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital and Sanctuary is a wildlife hospital based near Mousehole
, a village in west Cornwall
, United Kingdom
.
The hospital was founded in 1928 by Dorothy and Phyllis Yglesias and became famous following the Torrey Canyon
disaster.
Mousehole
Mousehole is a village and fishing port in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 2½ miles south of Penzance on the shore of Mount's Bay.The village is in the civil parish of Penzance...
, a village in west Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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The hospital was founded in 1928 by Dorothy and Phyllis Yglesias and became famous following the Torrey Canyon
Torrey Canyon
The Torrey Canyon was a supertanker capable of carrying a cargo of 120,000 tons of crude oil, which was shipwrecked off the western coast of Cornwall, England in March 1967 causing an environmental disaster...
disaster.