African penguins in dire need of more fish

23 July 2015 - 02:02
By Bloomberg

The African penguin only breeds on 25 islands and at four mainland sites in South Africa and Namibia and government data shows the number of breeding pairs has plummeted to less than 25000, from about a million in the 1920s. The birds are a tourist draw - the Boulders reserve attracted 691171 visitors last year, while 359149 people went to Robben Island, off Cape Town, where about 2000 pairs nest.

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