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2024 REPORT
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AIMS OF THE PROGRAMME:
TO TREAT INJURED OR WEAKENED BIRDS TO MAXIMISE THEIR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL AND
REINTRODUCTION.
TO MONITOR AND PROTECT COLONIES BY DEPLOYING RANGERS TO IDENTIFY THREATS AND
RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS.
TO TRACK RELEASED BIRDS USING TRANSPONDERS TO GATHER DATA ON THEIR BEHAVIOUR
AND MOVEMENTS.
TO RAISE AND FEED ABANDONED CHICKS TO GIVE THEM A SECOND CHANCE.
TO TRAIN AND EDUCATE VOLUNTEERS, TRAINEES AND EXPERTS TO IMPROVE THE
CONSERVATION OF THE SPECIES.
RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PROJECT:
TO DATE, MORE THAN 108,000 SEABIRDS HAVE BEEN CARED FOR, INCLUDING MORE THAN
16,000 FITTED WITH TRANSPONDERS FOR SCIENTIFIC MONITORING. IN 2024 ALONE, 813
AFRICAN PENGUINS WERE RESCUED, WITH A REINTRODUCTION RATE OF MORE THAN 80%.
SINCE THE START OF THE PROGRAMME, 9,416 YOUNG PENGUINS HAVE BEEN RELEASED INTO
THE WILD.
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