News from South Africa
You should all know by now that African penguins come from the coast of South Africa and Namibia, and one of my Penguin Patrollers (Jane) has just been to visit my relatives and has come back with lots of news! READ MORE
Jane has been working with a charity called SANCCOB which stands for The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, and they rescue and rehabilitate birds including penguins. The staff here have been asking Jane lots of questions so I have been listening in and have learnt loads!
While Jane was at SANCCOB there were about 20 penguins that were being looked after for various reasons. Some had oil on their feathers and needed to be cleaned and fed until they are better, others were there because they had been picked up with injuries or had a close encounter with a seal and needed medication and help.
There were quite a lot of chicks there as their parents couldn’t find enough food to feed them properly, and that is just one of the problems the penguins in the wild have to face.
I think it is great that people want to help penguins in the wild, and I am really pleased that Jane gave up her time to help too – she spends all week with us so to go on holiday and work with penguins must mean she really loves us!
I’ll tell you more about the work that SANCCOB do next time, so keep checking the blog!
Love Ping xx
You should all know by now that African penguins come from the coast of South Africa and Namibia, and one of my Penguin Patrollers (Jane) has just been to visit my relatives and has come back with lots of news! READ MORE
Jane has been working with a charity called SANCCOB which stands for The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, and they rescue and rehabilitate birds including penguins. The staff here have been asking Jane lots of questions so I have been listening in and have learnt loads!
While Jane was at SANCCOB there were about 20 penguins that were being looked after for various reasons. Some had oil on their feathers and needed to be cleaned and fed until they are better, others were there because they had been picked up with injuries or had a close encounter with a seal and needed medication and help.
There were quite a lot of chicks there as their parents couldn’t find enough food to feed them properly, and that is just one of the problems the penguins in the wild have to face.
I think it is great that people want to help penguins in the wild, and I am really pleased that Jane gave up her time to help too – she spends all week with us so to go on holiday and work with penguins must mean she really loves us!
I’ll tell you more about the work that SANCCOB do next time, so keep checking the blog!
Love Ping xx
