So are you bored of buying eggs made of chocolate and wrapped in foil with predictable bunny motifs well this Eastern South Africa you can instead spend your cash on an egg that will hatch a live penguin over this time when everybody is also thinking about chocolate and eers
And fluffy um bunnies and so forth we would like people to you know be focused on on eggs and you can even adopt it egg here which is so much more symbolic of Easter um to actually adopt a penguin egg because it’s really expensive for us for sand cob to raise that little
Penguin from egg all the way to maturity and so um you know to to take this time during Easter where everybody Associates it with eggs to actually rather adopt an egg or a little penguin chick cuz they’re also cute and fluffy um and contribute to their conservation
The African penguin is quite close to extinction by 2035 according to scientists and with their endangered status it really is important that we do everything we can to protect the species the African penguin is the only penguin species that is endemic to the African continent found here in South Africa and
In Namibia um it is an important species for um our marine ecosystems as a top predator and and um many know to visit boldis Colony uh we have tourists coming to visit the species all the time and we cannot imagine a world where the species does not exist for future
Generations the foundation for the conservation of coastal birds is incubating more than 200 eggs of the endangered African penguin that were rescued earlier this year the conservation group is asking for donations to meet the cost by inviting people to adopt an egg incidentally the African peguin the only species that
Breeds on the continent was once South Africa’s most abundant seabird
Instead of typical Easter eggs, a South African conservation group is inviting members of the public to adopt a penguin egg instead. The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) has been incubating over 200 eggs of the endangered African penguin that were rescued from two colonies, and is now encouraging donations to meet the cost of incubation.
The African penguin — the only species that breeds on the continent — was once South Africa’s most abundant seabird. But now, the population has plunged from more than 1 million a century earlier, to less than 10,000 breeding pairs in 2024, SANCCOB reports.
“The African penguin is quite close to extinction by 2035, according to scientists. And with their endangered status, it’s really important that we do everything we can to protect the species,” SANCCOB resources manager Ronnis Daniels said. “We cannot imagine a world where this species does not exist for future generations.”
Threats to the birds are legion, but the main culprit is commercial fishing, which has ravaged stocks of sardines and anchovies that the penguins depend on to live. Other threats include all the noise and pollution from the shipping routes around South Africa, according to Daniels.
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