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PERCY AND PAMELA THE PENGUINS

African Penguins

Thursday 23 June marks the 11th anniversary of the great swim by penguins, Percy and Pamela. They were amongst the birds that were under threat from spilt oil from The Treasure, a bulk ore carrier which went down between Robben Island and Dassen Island on the Cape West coast. Disaster loomed for the seabirds and [...]

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13 June 2011 / No Comments
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GREGORY THE TRAVELLING PENGUIN

CT Tourism - Lauren Barkume

In April 1968, a massive crude oil spill from the tanker, Esso Essen covered thousands of the Cape’s seabirds in oil. Among those rescued by caring bird lovers, was one with a tag number 640. After a good cleaning and some medicines, Number 640 was released into the wild, but 10 days later he walked [...]

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5 January 2011 / No Comments
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