Endangered African penguins are threatened by human encroachment, predators, and a decrease in their favorite fish
Adult penguins make their way to SANCCOB facilities in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth thanks to calls from penguin enthusiasts or field rangers who monitor the colonies. The birds may be suffering from malnourishment or wounds from predators, Roberts says. Depending on the injuries, rehabilitating them requires anything from a few days to up to a year.each year, when they replace all their black and white tuxedo feathers in the same three weeks.
At a special chick rearing unit at SANCCOB, staff use incubators to warm the small eggs until they hatch. Chicks consume a special diet—a fragrant fish slurry for the small ones and whole chunks of fish for the larger ones. Before saying goodbye, Klusener says, each penguin receives a small chip with a unique identifying number. When the penguins return to a breeding colony and walk across a chip-reader, it gives colony managers and SANCCOB staff a valuable piece of data—the bird survived after release. Knowing that some of their penguin chicks are now adults and breeding “is really exciting stuff,” Klusener says.
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