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Helping to conserve the environment
Volunteers from Greenpeace Africa headed to Muizenberg on Saturday 8 February to raise awareness of the melting polar ice caps and the climate crisis that threatens to destroy the habitats and behaviour patterns of many animals on the planet. The organisation is calling on the public to unite and help to get more African leaders to attend the United Nations global ocean treaty negotiations. In so doing, they hope global leaders will help to create a blue planet. Visit https:// bit.ly/3bBm4v1 for more information.
SIMON’S TOWN
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W
hile the tourist-attracting Simon’s Town African penguin population may be one of the most stable at present, the aquatic bird is still under huge threat of extinction with less than 3% of its original population remaining. Marian Nieuwoudt, the City’s Mayco member for spatial planning and environment, says the African penguin population has been steadily declining, with only 1 000 breeding pairs left on the Simon’s Town coastline. “They are listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).” Contributing to the decline are a number of factors, including reduced food sources due to overfishing, habitat destruction, pollution, oil spills and chronic oiling, disturb-
ances, and introduced and natural predators. Tourists and locals looking to have a moment with the birds also affect their habits and can prevent them from reproducing. “Penguins are susceptible to disturbance, especially during breeding. The peak season is January to March and molting season is from October to December. These seasons generally overlap with the peak tourism seasons in Cape Town,” explains Nieuwoudt “Penguins in molt are unable to go to sea for about 30 days as they replace their feathers. At this time, if they are disturbed and forced into the water, they are at risk of dying from exposure.” In addition, disturbances can prevent the penguins from returning to their nests, affecting the survival of their eggs or chicks as they become susceptible to attacks from predators. According to Nieuwoudt, the City of Cape Town and Table Mountain National Park
(TMNP) have embarked on a project to man- records, in 2018 Sanccob had an 85% success age the African penguin population in a ho- rate in rehabilitating and returning birds to listic manner in Simon’s Town. the wild. “To achieve this, we have partnered with V Continued on page 2 the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (Sanccob) and the Cape Town Environmental Education Trust (CTEET) to employ penguin rangers,” she says. The rangers monitor the penguins daily; rescue sick or injured birds, eggs or chicks, stabilising them to be transported to the Sanccob rehabilitation facility in Table View; and remove penguins from areas where they may be at risk, for example, Main Road. According to the City’s African penguins on the False Bay coastline.
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