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A fishing trawler ran aground last night off the coast of Cape St Francis. As per SA’s National Oil Spill Contingency Plan, an Incident Management Structure has been activated & we're working closely with management authorities. SANCCOB Gqeberha is prepared if seabirds are oiled.

❗️Stop Ship-to-Ship bunkering in Algoa Bay! The draft Environmental Risk Assessment & Management Plan for Ship-to-Ship bunkering in Algoa Bay has been published & available for comment. Email [email protected] by 22 Jan 2024 5pm SAST. Full report at bit.ly/3NQSrdS

A researcher here at SANCCOB, Albert Snyman, published a paper on vagrant species of birds admitted to SANCCOB over 25 years. The paper gives an interesting overview of some of the species we see, and highlights our success in rehabilitating them. deepdyve.com/lp/springer-jo…

The Biodiversity Law Centre has appealed the environmental authorisation in Richard's Bay and we will closely watch how this unfolds. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-1…

#AfricanPenguins face functional extinction on South Africa's west coast in just over a decade if protective measures aren't in place. Ample food is also a struggle for seabird species preying on small pelagic fish. Leonie Joubert's article shares more bit.ly/3PZHCGC

Conservationists have been working hard to protect the #AfricanPenguin species from extinction. At #SANCCOB we aim to rehabilitate injured and sick penguins, and bolster the wild population through hand-rearing penguin chicks, but it's a collective effort youtu.be/yHOOWeVVQlQ?fe…

Happy to be presenting on behalf of Maelle Connan from MAPRU on the diet of #AfricanPenguin at #IPC11 .
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Good news for BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦's project to re-establish an #Africanpenguin colony at CapeNature De Hoop Nature Reserve! 5 hand-reared penguins released as fledglings in 2021 resighted & possibly investigating potential breeding sites for the future. More at sanccob.co.za/news/african-p…

#Vacancy for Resource Developer at SANCCOB Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, on a full-time basis to manage #fundraising , #marketing and events. CV & letter of motivation (max. 3 pages) to [email protected] by 5pm on Monday, 28 August 2023.
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'There is always more than can be done and we are therefore committed to work together with SANParks and the City of Cape Town to make it happen and to save the African penguin from extinction.' BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 SANCCOB WWF South Africa SANParks sanccob.co.za/news/researche…

Together with BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 we can attest to SANParks' important role in #Africanpenguin conservation, especially scientists & colony managers, though it may not always be publicly visible. We respond to Daily Maverick Opinionista by Dr Andrew Jenkins: sanccob.co.za/news/researche…

Full-time #vacancy for Resource Developer to manage #marketing & #fundraising at SANCCOB Gqeberha. Full description at sanccob.co.za/vacancies/reso…. Send CV and letter of motivation (max. 3 pages) to CJ Havemann at [email protected] by 5pm on Monday, 24 July 2023. #nonprofit #Jobs

2-year funded postdoc fellowship at @UCT in collaboration with the University of Exeter. Details at bit.ly/3PZoLNF. Deadline 21 July 2023. #Africanpenguin #endangeredspecies