Observations from an African penguin. I call Africa home. I may be recording the last chapter in my book. No fairytale ending in site.
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8 Oct 2022
It is also #AfricanPenguinAwarenessDay can we also turn down the sound in Algoa Bay? @Gary22k
8 Oct 2022
It is #WorldMigratoryBirdDay & the focus is on Light Pollution. Light pollution can alter birds' behaviours, including migration, foraging & vocal communication.
#worldmigratorybirdday
#WMBD2022
#DimLightsForBirds
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8 Oct 2022
#AfricanPenguin awareness day. We penguins find it heart wrenching. Yearly penguin people do stuff, they waddle, tweet,draw terrifying infographs.We are begging for food & action (mostly food) say it with us @BarbaraCreecy_ #NotOnOurWatch @environmentza @2OceansAquarium
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I am an African Penguin retweeted
28 Dec 2020
Why are you quoting a right-wing think tank that has shown itās disdain for science by funding the Great Barrington Declaration folk.
Dean- the way the DA is going about this is utterly irresponsible. Why arenāt you listening to the PROPER authorities?
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30 Oct 2019
#AfricanPenguin - Give this lady a Sardine, that is if you can find any(In human speak this would translate as: Give that woman a Bells) #overfishing. Once we were most abundant #seabird of Benguela upwelling ecosystem, sadly we are now few & far between.
30 Oct 2019
Say it like it is: #overfishing Fishing with nets #ClimateChange, stealing of their eggs, guano harvesting. All of this lead to the extinction of the African Penguin.
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25 Oct 2019
Hey @SANParksAENP the African penguins hanging out in the blue parts,welcomes Cathy Dreyer. We think, as one of the most endangered marine sentinels, we deserved at least a mention in this release. Perceptions matter. Sharks & whales travel past, we call this place home.
Media Release: First Female Head of Conservation for Addo Elephant National Park - bit.ly/2odn8Be
20 Oct 2019
Dear @StephenGrootes African penguins would like you to please ask @BarbaraCreecy_ where we can procure sardines for friends in hospital, we arenāt only struggling to feed the sick, there is hardly any fish left for us in the wild. Fish are few & far between. We are starving,
18 Oct 2019
Hurry up with the implementation of that 2nd plan, us penguins donāt know if we can hang around long enough to survive plan B. Only 13 500 breeding pairs left. We will also support a plan for sardines, we definitely need more of them. Just saying. @thefishguySA @RobbenPenguins
18 Oct 2019
@BarbaraCreecy_ invites members of the public to comment on the draft biodiversity management plan for the African penguin within 30 days of publication of notice in Government Gazette. More information Ā» bit.ly/draftMBPafrcanpenguin
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16 Oct 2019
Dear @BarbaraCreecy_ any truth in the rumor that octopus traps have moved to Overstrand area? Maybe somebody thought entanglements will be less visual than in False Bay? Heads up: Whales love the area. Asking for a whale @AlettaHarrison @HermanusTimes @OceaniMPActSA
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3 Sep 2019
Dear min ā¦@BarbaraCreecy_ā© & ā¦@environmentzaā© if the Marine Pollution (Control and Civil Liability) Act (previously Prevention and Combating of Pollution of the Sea by Oil Act) 6 of 1981 states that bunkering is illegal, why is it allowed? theconversation.com/ships-riā¦
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29 Jul 2019
Come on PE, its is not just about us penguins. Oil spills affect our fish friends.Fish don't grow, their livers are enlarged oil changes heart & respiration rates,causes fin erosion & reproduction impairment. Oil adversely affects eggs and larval survival.Time to ACT.
29 Jul 2019
We, the penguins were the very visual example of the devastating effects of an oil spill. No amount of money can buy back biodiversity. We need the people to speak. Please attend the meeting.
When: 1 August, 18:30
Where: Dolphin's Leap
#BeTheChange @AlgoaFM @HeraldPE
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20 Jul 2019
Prevention is better than cure. Bunkering should NEVER have been allowed next to penguin colony. Infograph from @apssZA explains why #EveryPenguinCounts Remove one adult of a breeding pair, even for a single breeding season and the next generation of breeders could drop to zero.
20 Jul 2019
Polluter must pay! Poor penguins!
cbn.co.za/featured/port-elizā¦
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16 Jul 2019
Maybe we should invite @LewisPugh to swim through Algoa Bay. At the moment it may be a bit of an oily swim,but we can always organize a wash afterwards if it will mean some better protection for this amazing bay of biodiversity. @OscarMabuyane
16 Jul 2019
Itās been 1 year since I swam the length of the English Channel to protest against the under-protection of UK waters. The turnaround has been remarkable. Itās fair to say that the UK now leads the world in ocean protection. šš¦š¬štelegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07ā¦
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13 Jul 2019
Please place the serious threat of our (#AfricanPenguin ) extinction & massive loss of biodiversity due to oil spills caused by ship-to-ship bunkering in Algoa Bay on agenda? Oil spills affects entire ecosystem, oiled #Penguins are unfortunately a very visual reminder of impact
12 Jul 2019
Newly appointed Min of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Ms @BarbaraCreecy_ hosting the first sixth administration MinMec (Min and MECs) on envitonment. The meeting discusses and agrees on Programmes for the environment sector in alignment with priorities of government.
12 Jul 2019
Dr L. Pichegru - "Bunkering ops started a few years ago in Algoa Bay without any input from environmentalists or scientists. 2 oil spills already occurred.
1st in 2016 "only" involved 100L of oil- 120 penguins affected. Now 200 to 400 L were spilled.ā @rbsherley @Katta_Ludynia
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12 Jul 2019
This was not on my #BucketList What happens when I am oiled? My feathers collapse , loose their insulation properties cause hypothermia. I lose buoyancy sink and drown because of increased weight and lack of air trapped by my feathers @SANParksAENP
@SANCCOB
@apssZA @oiledwildlife
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11 Jul 2019
Obviously & very sadly #PlasticFreeJuly did not happen for the penguins & seabirds in #AlgoaBay @2OceansAquarium @saveourseas @earthwatch_org @LeonieJoubert @oiledwildlife @SANCCOB @apssZA
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I am an African Penguin retweeted
11 Jul 2019
PICS: 12-hour days as Sanccob team rescues scores of oiled sea birds near Port Elizabeth m.news24.com/Green/News/picsā¦ (via )
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11 Jul 2019
Thank you to the rangers of @SANParksAENP for risking their lives to safe ours & the crew at @sanccobec @SANCCOB who will have to get us clean.
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11 Jul 2019
.@SAMSAMARITIME promoted the establishment of ship to ship bunkering in a biodiversity hotspot next to our home at St Croix Island. This is the 2nd āaccidentā Please can you at least now do an independent Enviro Impact Assessment? @environmentza @SANCCOB @apssZA @HeraldPE
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