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

By Claire Keeton

African penguins have “10 years left until they are extinct in the wild, based on their current trajectory”, Alistair McInnes, senior conservation programme manager for BirdLife South Africa, warned on Thursday.

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