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FILE: African penguins at Table Mountain National Park between Simon's Town and Cape Point, near Cape Town, in South Africa. Picture: AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD

African penguins

Bees kill dozens of endangered penguins in Simon's Town

By AFP

The South African National Parks said the birds were taken to the foundation for post-mortems and samples sent for disease and toxicology testing.

  • FILE: African penguins. Picture: AFP

    Efforts to address declining African Penguin population welcomed

    The bird has been listed as Endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature since 2010 - and every year since then - the population reaches new record lows.

    320 days ago
  • FILE: African penguins. Picture: AFP

    Dept, fishing industry officials to meet over African penguin breeding decline

    It's been classified as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

    322 days ago
  • FILE: African penguins. Picture: AFP

    Refuelling under scrutiny as SA penguins hit by oil spill

    Experts said an unknown number of penguins had been affected on the rocky, uninhabited island, which is home to the largest breeding colony of endangered African penguins in the world.

    1084 days ago
  • SANParks celebrated International African Penguin Awareness Day on 12 October. Picture: @SANParks/Twitter.

    SANParks marks International African Penguin Awareness Day

    SANParks says the main reason for the ongoing decrease of African penguins in South Africa is a scarcity of prey around its main breeding localities along the west coast.

    1354 days ago
  • Close to 50 penguins were rescued in Port Elizabeth after an oil spoil. Picture: NSRI.

    Oiled penguins rescued in PE after oil spill

    Several penguins were rescued after an oil spill in Port Elizabeth at the weekend.

    2136 days ago
  • African penguins at Boulders Beach returning from the sea. Picture: Aletta Gardner/Eyewitness News

    [LISTEN] Save African penguins from extinction

    Talk Radio 702 host John Robbie interviewed Mark Anderson, CEO at BirdLifeSA, about their initiative to save African penguins.

    2163 days ago
  • Young, abandoned penguin chicks are taken in at SANCCOB every year and cared for in an attempt to boost colony numbers of the endangered birds. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Future of African penguin worrisome

    Sanccob is worried about the future the African penguin after 155 were abandoned after breeding season.

    3132 days ago
  • A total of 155 abandoned African penguin chicks have been admitted to SANCCOB centres. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    SANCCOB cares for abandoned penguins

    A total of 155 abandoned African penguin chicks have been admitted to SANCCOB centres.

    3132 days ago
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