South Africa scientists sound alarm on nearly 'extinct' penguin species

The Manila Times

South Africa scientists sound alarm on nearly 'extinct' penguin species  Food scarcity and habitat decline has seen a drastic fall in numbers of the African penguin, putting it on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's critically endangered list. Marine biologist Allison Kock said '97 percent' of the population has been lost.  AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #worldnews  #penguin  #endangeredspecies

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00:00Of course there's only about 10,000 breeding pairs left in South Africa and Namibia where

00:25they occur means we've lost 97% of the population and the species could become extinct within

00:33my lifetime.

00:34So it's something that really is a critical issue at the moment.

00:47Seeing them, hearing that they're critically endangered actually kind of breaks my heart.

00:54And I think with COVID-19 and all the things that have happened, we have lost so much already

01:00and we continue to lose.

01:02And I think as people, we don't appreciate what we have until we have lost it.

01:24We really need to do everything we can and securing their food source is one of the biggest

01:29things that we can do to try and stop that decline.

01:32And it is possible to recover the penguin, that's the thing, we can't lose hope.

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