Posted Sat Jul 4, 2009 7:41am AEST
National Parks and Wildlife officers will step up patrols on Sydney's northern beaches after four penguins were killed in a suspected dog attack.
The little penguins were found dead in a breeding ground area at Manly beach yesterday.
The area manager of Sydney Harbour National Park, Peter Hay, says the penguins are an endangered species and the colony at Manly is particularly fragile.
Mr Hay is calling on anyone with information about the attack to come forward.
"The Manly little penguin population is an endangered population, there are only 60 breeding pairs and this is a very large blow to the penguin population of Manly - we are very disappointed," he said.
Source:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/04/2616699.htm?section=australia
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Dog suspect in penguin deaths
July 4, 2009
A DOG is suspected to have killed protected fairy penguins on the northern beaches.
A Manly Environment Centre volunteer, Angelika Treichler, said the endangered penguins were found with smashed skulls on a private beach in Manly yesterday.
"We haven't got the autopsy results yet, but it looks like they were mauled … by one dog," Ms Treichler said.
"We've had one dog mauling eight all at once a few years back on the same little private beach."
She said dogs were banned from the area, home to the only mainland colony of the penguins in NSW. Volunteers worked vigilantly to protect the 65 breeding pairs, she said.
"We're all working every night … at Manly Wharf protecting the penguins … I've been looking after them for five years now and every little penguin counts, and four in one go - I still can't believe it."
Source:
http://www.smh.com.au/national/dog-suspect-in-penguin-deaths-20090703-d7st.html
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Dog mauls endangered penguins
July 03, 2009 05:32pm
FOUR fairy penguins have been fatally mauled by a dog on Sydney's northern beaches, devastating local volunteers who work to protect them.
Manly Environment Centre volunteer Angelika Treichler said the endangered penguins were found with smashed skulls on a private beach in Manly today.
"We haven't got the autopsy results yet, but it looks like they were mauled ... by one dog,'' Ms Treichler said.
"We've had one dog mauling eight all at once a few years back on the same little private beach.''
She said dogs were banned from the area, which is home to the only mainland colony of the penguins in New South Wales.
Volunteers work vigilantly to protect the 65 breeding pairs in the area, she said.
"We're all working every night ... at Manly Wharf protecting the penguins.
"It's heartbreaking when you look after the penguins.
"I've been looking after them for five years now and every little penguin counts and four in one go, I still can't believe it.''
Source:
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25728290-29277,00.html
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