A flipper-to-mouth existence: lives of penguins and small fishers in jeopardy
The number of African penguin breeding pairs at Stony Point halved 2023-2024
08 June 2025 - 00:00
African penguins waddle out of the surf at Stony Point Nature Reserve, about 90km from Cape Town, onto a kelp-strewn beach behind Marcelin Barry. “If it wasn’t for our penguins and the environment, I would not be able to put food on the table or have a job. Our future depends on their future,” said Barry, the conservation monitor for WWF South Africa in the Kogelberg coastal community. (https://www.wwf.org.za/our_work/oceans/)..
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