Friday, November 20, 2015

Adopt a rare African #penguin for Christmas

 
PHOTO: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY
Ms Lisa Ross, an intern at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coast Birds (Sanccob), moving one of 247 endangered African penguin chicks after feeding. The penguins were brought to Sanccob at the start of "chick season" last month. Sanccob is requesting members of the public to help with the chicks' rehabilitation through donations or by adopting a "Christmas chick".

The penguins will undergo a rehabilitation programme before being released back into the ocean. The African penguin is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, with a steady decline in their numbers over the past decade.

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