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. "We have lost 97 percent of the population" says marine biologist Allison Kock.
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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.
00:26It 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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