African penguin

‘Adopt a penguin egg’ Easter campaign helps endangered African birds [PHOTOS]

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‘Adopt a penguin egg’ Easter campaign helps endangered African birds [PHOTOS]

– A South African conservation group, SANCCOB, is incubating over 200 eggs of the endangered African penguin that were previously rescued from two colonies.
– The African penguin population has decreased to less than 10,000 breeding pairs in 2024, with extinction projected by 2035.
– The main threat to the penguins is commercial fishing, which has depleted their food sources of sardines and anchovies.
– SANCCOB is soliciting donations to help cover the costs of incubating and raising the penguin eggs until they can be released back into the wild.