SANCCOB’s St Francis Bay presentation addressed penguins and other seabird species facing conservation challenges and the risk of endangerment.
A juvenile Southern Giant Petrel found at Gamtoos Beach by a local patrol team died despite care from SANCCOB, with a post-mortem still to be conducted.
SANCCOB’s Gqeberha centre is battling record penguin abandonments driven by extreme heat, food shortages and flooding in the Eastern Cape.