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Recently I had the privilege of listening to seabird scientist Professor Lorien Pichegru talk at the monthly Know-Your-Bay event at Bayworld on the extinction threat to the African penguin.
A 2013 biodiversity management plan to save the endangered species has failed to arrest the population drop. Now, Environment Minister Barbara Creecy is seeking public comment on a fresh draft. A 2013 biodiversity management plan to save the endangered species has failed to arrest the populatio.