SANCCOB, the only NGO in the world to artificially incubate, hatch and hand-rear African penguin chicks, is raising funds to upgrade its Chick Rearing Unit.
, was renovated in 2011 as a dedicated facility to care for African penguin chicks, which was desperately needed at the time. The Chick Bolstering Project of SANCCOB began in 2006 as a collaborative project between SANCCOB, conservation authorities and the South African government to halt and reverse the decline of the African penguin population.
Each year, SANCCOB admits 500 to 600 African penguin chicks and 300 to 400 African penguin eggs, with numbers increasing year after year, owing primarily to chicks abandoned during extreme weather events such as extreme heat or flooding of nests during rain storms or by moulting parents.
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