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Number of oil affected seabirds climb to 158

Oiled-penguin-waiting-to-be-washed_small Since the major oil slick on the Table View beach front caused by the SELI 1 on Saturday, 1 September 2012, SANCCOB (the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds) have been admitting an ever increasing number of oil-affected penguins to their rehabilitation centre in Table View, Cape Town. SANCCOB has been part of the joint response operations for each incident for this vessel.

Update on oiled penguins at SANCCOB

admitting_edited Today was another busy day for the SANCCOB team of staff and volunteers, and the first 29 oiled African penguins that were washed. The volunteers commented on how strong the birds were and a few people went home with some bruises today!

What We Do...

SANCCOB is at the forefront of saving African penguins and other threatened seabirds. It never takes a day off and its rehabilitation team is on 24-hour call.

SANCCOB deploys its specialist emergency response skills in Africa, the Indian Ocean region, Antarctica and Sub-Antarctic. Through its training academy it equips people to work in the environmental sector; and a passion to instill pride and knowledge about marine conservation drives its education programmes.

SANCCOB is a leader in seabird disease research.

LATEST AFRICAN PENGUIN FIGURES released by South African Department of Environmental Affairs (2012):

18 683 breeding pairs in the wild in South Africa (excludes Namibian figures)