PORT ELIZABETH - It started with a lost seabird found on the premises of Isuzu Motors South Africa's Struandale vehicle manufacturing plant that led to the company supporting the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) with an Isuzu bakkie. The bakkie will be playing a critical role in the rescue and transportation of endangered African penguin chicks and adult penguins, as well as other seabirds, for various rehabilitation-focused conservation … [Read more...] about Penguins get wheels
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Gucci and Havaiana catch a flight home from Durban
Early this week, two endangered African Penguins flew home to Port Elizabeth after spending time in the rehabilitation centre at uShaka Sea World African Penguin friends, Gucci and Havaiana, arrived at uShaka Sea World within a week of each other after being found stranded on separate KZN beaches. Gucci arrived from Port Edward on the lower South Coast and Havaiana from Tinley Manor beach on the North Coast. Both Gucci and Havaiana were markedly underweight on arrival but they have … [Read more...] about Gucci and Havaiana catch a flight home from Durban
You will be shocked at the percentage of penguins lost since 1900
SANCCOB Port Elizabeth will be collaborating with Something Good Roadhouse Port Elizabeth to create a fun filled family event on Saturday, 7th of October 2017. We will celebrate this day with a 3km awareness waddle from SANCCOB PE to Something Good Roadhouse. Since the turn of the 20th century, the world has lost 99% of the African Penguin Population. Of the remaining 1% of these penguins left, just over 50% of these endangered birds live on our coast’s doorstep on Bird Island in Port … [Read more...] about You will be shocked at the percentage of penguins lost since 1900
