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Spot the penguin - Nov 13, 2008 University of Bristol,Today the African penguin is listed as ‘vulnerable to extinction’. To understand the impact of any conservation measures taken to improve the lot of the Rescue the Remedy for Orphaned African Penguin Chicks - Oct 30, 2008 MarketWatch..."African penguin numbers are in rapid decline and the bird appears on the IUCN red list, so this very innovative project which rescues and rehabilitates Soft toy surrogate sibling for baby penguin - Nov 7, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,Pingu - an African penguin whose sex has yet to be determined – was born with its sibling at the Living Coasts attraction in Torquay, Devon. Aviary to break ground on $1.7M penguin exhibit - Nov 11, 2008 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,Called Penguin Point, the 2300-square-foot African penguin exhibit is the first of 10 new exhibits planned as part of the North Side bird park's $23 million Penguin chicks rescued from starvation - Oct 30, 2008 Independent Online,CapeNature staff have rescued 35 orphaned African penguin chicks from Dyer Island off Gansbaai, one of the major breeding colonies for this increasingly Rescued penguin chick swims 1 250km - Oct 21, 2008 Independent Online,..."If the African penguin population were big and healthy we would not worry, but it's not. Numbers are dropping, so we do everything we can to help boost Man-made penguin love nests for Bay - Oct 29, 2008 The Herald Eastern Cape,The igloo-like nests are about the size of the wild nest of an African penguin – big enough for a small terrier – and are made of fibreglass. Project Runway falls over, stabs self with 8-inch heel - Oct 27, 2008 Minnesota Daily,Isn’t that industry-speak for "Celeb X has a problem with the bottle and unfortunately she's been taking more nosedives than an endangered African penguin. 開普敦——近觀ä¼?éµ?æµ·è±¹ - 27 Sep 2008 香港新浪網,...來到開普敦æ?±æµ·å²¸çš„ä¼?éµ?ä¿?è·å?€ï¼Œä½ 便å?¯æ‰¾åˆ°é?žæ´²ä¼?éµ?（African Penguin African penguins latest victims of rough and stormy weather - Sep 4, 2008 The Herald Eastern Cape,Until recently Algoa Bay was the stronghold of the African penguin. Fifteen years ago there were about 70000 birds, half the global population. Will paint for food or fun: Knoxville Zoo animals go wild when ... - Sep 20, 2008 Knoxville News Sentinel,African penguin Jello needs only attention from Tammy Walling, assistant curator of birds, to be inspired. Walling spreads art paper on the floor of the Penguins Marching Toward Endangered Species Act Protection; - Sep 8, 2008 Center for Biological Diversity (press release),...rockhopper and Humboldt penguins of the islands off South America, and the African penguin in southern Africa, to the emperor penguin in Antarctica. Migrant Birds in Hot Water! - Sep 19, 2008 Media Newswire (press release),...spoonbills, flamingos, ducks, swans, geese, cranes, waders, gulls, terns and even the South African penguin. www.unep-aewa.org Wetlands International is Lesson in Table manners - Sep 6, 2008 Brisbane Times,Here it's common to see battleships in the bay and at Boulders Beach to have an African penguin swim circles round you or waddle earnestly past on the sand. Oiled penguins rescued off Cape coast - Aug 13, 2008 Independent Online,African penguin numbers have plummeted in the past few decades, and the species is facing the threat of extinction. Vanessa Strauss, head of the Southern Winging It - Aug 12, 2008 RedOrbit,Close encounters of a bird kind brought us face to beak with African penguin Elvis, Gonzo the Amazon Parrot, Joni the Wattled Currasow, oodles of Rainbow Zoos across the US struggle to care for aging animals - Jul 19, 2008 Colorado Springs Gazette,In the wild, the African penguin's average life span is 15 to 20 years. Such longevity confronts zoo managers with mysteries and doubts they've never really Zoo’s Waltz on the Wild Side a Good Time - Jul 25, 2008 Greater Tulsa Reporter Newspapers,Waltz has provided funding for many of the exhibits that families have enjoyed for almost two decades, such as the African Penguin Exhibit, What's Happening - Jul 31, 2008 The Patriot Ledger,An African Penguin stands tall atop a rock on Bird Island, Eastern Cape, in the film “Wild Oceanâ€? at the Museum of Science Mugar Omni Theater. Penguins needing a suit - 25 Apr 2008 Melbourne Herald Sun,They have had a wetsuit created for an African penguin to help him get back in the swim of things. Pierre, a venerable 25 years old, was going bald and had Pierre The Penguin Gets Fitted For Wet Suit - 25 Apr 2008 WFMY News 2,Biologists at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco had a custom-made wetsuit created for an african penguin to help him get back in the swim AP Top News at 1:34 pm EDT - 25 Apr 2008 TMCnetSounds like a joke, but it's quite serious for biologists at the California Academy of Sciences, who had a wetsuit created for an African penguin to help ‘Fairy’ penguin drops in for visit - Apr 23, 2008 Dispatch Online,...“It’s half the adult size of our only endemic penguin – the African penguin. This is possibly a first recording along the South African coast for the How I adopted an African Penguin - Apr 12, 2008 CBBC Newsround,..."I won an art project at school, and got to adopt an African Penguin! Our school arranged a trip down to a local marina aquarium, we had to study the fish Sidney The Penguin Debuts At National Aviary - Apr 16, 2008 KDKA,Eight-week-old Sidney, the African penguin, is set to make his public debut on Saturday. Sidney, the bird, is of course, named after Sidney Crosby, Program takes zoo to students - Apr 21, 2008 Hagerstown Morning Herald,Two zoo instructors shared details and habits about four animals - a hissing cockroach, an Egyptian tortoise, a South African penguin and a Flemish rabbit. The penguin plunge at Mystic Aquarium - Mar 31, 2008 WTNH,..."These are two new African Penguin chicks from this year, our breeding season," Sarah Misslin, of the Mystic Aquarium, said. The penguins may pick up a Seneca zoo is top breeder of penguins - Apr 12, 2008 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,...said Steven Sarro, director of animal programs at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh and coordinator of the African penguin Species Survival Plan. Young voters are important - Apr 18, 2008 GoErie.com,Sidney, an African penguin who was hatched at the Erie Zoo, is being shown to the public at the Pittsburgh National Aviary on Saturday. Penguins return to Fort Worth Zoo in new exhibit - Apr 10, 2008 Fort Worth Star Telegram,By CHRIS VAUGHN Andrew Tovar, 7, and Ben Dunn, 8, from the Alice Carlson Applied Learning Center watch penguins swim as the Fort Worth Zoo dedicates the new To protect penguins, officials try training - Apr 3, 2008 Kansas.com,At the Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum, an African penguin exhibit includes large fans that blow across the water to deter mosquitoes. The colony of 20 penguins Lucy’s the cat’s meow at Tampa Zoo - Apr 12, 2008 The News-Press,The Africa section features elephants, giraffes, zebras, white rhinos and the African penguin that has adapted to warm, sunny conditions. Live Penguin To Appear At Saturday Night's Game - Feb 7, 2008 OurSports Central (press release),YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - Youngstown SteelHounds General Manager Joe Gregory announced today the Hounds will be welcoming a live African Penguin from The National 36 Hours in Cape Town - Jan 24, 2008 New York Times,Boulders Beach has one of only two land-based African penguin colonies; the rest are on islands. Even hardened adults will be completely charmed. Enjoy an African adventure - Jan 25, 2008 Liverpool Daily Post,...chance to spot wild zebra and ostriches before stopping off to watch the African penguin colony waddling about their daily business at Boulders Beach. Visitors from the far south now number in dozens - Jan 30, 2008 The Herald Eastern Cape,The sardines are coming later and even our African penguin cycle of moulting and breeding seems to be delayed. My feeling is it‘s temperature changes, It's just a hissing cockroach - Jan 28, 2008 MLive.com,Other hits with the audience were "Punky," the South African penguin that waddled out to face the crowd like a little performer in a tux; the two-toed sloth Giant shark gets a black-box flight recorder - Feb 13, 2008 ScienceAlert,...whether climate change, predation or over-fishing in its hunting grounds is responsible for an observed decline in the case of of the African penguin. Charity begins on holiday - Jan 29, 2008 iAfrica.com,Birders can devote their time to African penguin conservation through SANCCOB. Animal lovers stay in dorm rooms in a fully equipped house and work five days Game Dork goes for soothing swim in Endless Ocean - Feb 1, 2008 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,...endangered humphead wrasse, and on and on. Plus, I can hang out with the African penguin wobbling around on my boat. It's cute because it's tiny. Hounds Sign Anthony Becker - Feb 9, 2008 OurSports Central (press release),There will also be a live African Penguin on hand tonight from the National Aviary. Tickets are available by stopping by the Chevrolet Centre box office or PREVIEW SteelHounds - Feb 7, 2008 Youngstown Vindicator,Flightless waterfowl: The National Aviary in Pittsburgh will bring a live African penguin to the Chevrolet Centre for Saturday’s game. Hounds Partner With Toys For Tots And The National Aviary - 01 Dec 2007 OurSports Central (press release),The National Aviary will be bringing a live African Penguin to the Chevrolet Centre on Saturday the 15th to participate in the festivities. Seals a big hit at Langkawi aqua-park - Nov 20, 2007 Malaysia Star,...“Our latest addition is the 12th African penguin chick which hatched recently. “We also have two adorable Rockhopper penguin chicks which hatched in Family Fun for Nov 30 - Nov 30, 2007 phillyBurbs.com,Jenkinson's Aquarium, 300 Ocean Ave., Point Pleasant Beach, invites children ages 5 and older, to see its African penguin exhibit and perhaps meet one of She Sews Sea Souls - Nov 28, 2007 Hartford Courant,Over the years, Cook has done a hermit crab, Asian mud crabs, green crabs, a rock crab, an African penguin, bluefish and a sand shark, along with puppets Sardine industry linked to conservation - Oct 10, 2007 The Herald Eastern Cape,MCM reported in April that the African penguin was declining drastically across its range from Namibia to Algoa Bay with figures down by more than 50 per St Croix penguins in ‘dismal‘ state as population plunges - Sep 24, 2007 The Herald Eastern Cape,By Guy Rogers Environment and Tourism Editor AN NMMU scientist has reported a sharp drop over four months in the African penguin population on St Croix Jack Hanna Visits Bethany - Oct 3, 2007 Wheeling Intelligencer,Other animals displayed included a bearcat, an African penguin named Barney, a three-banded armadillo, a dingo, a palm civet, a baby alligator and a clouded Meet uShaka's new chicks - Aug 6, 2007 Independent Online,These five African penguin chicks, all just over a month old, weighed in at 2kg and are growing "nicely" at Seaworld at Durban's uShaka Marine World, Mystic Outdoor Art Show Marks Golden Anniversary - Aug 12, 2007 TheDay,Hanging in the lobby of the Whaler Inn was a small white canvas that had been trod upon by an African penguin from the Mystic Aquarium, a bird that goes by Birds of a feather - Jul 29, 2007 Chicago Sun-Times,Other demonstrations included a front-row visit with a rather professorial-looking African penguin, which sat peacefully on a podium as an expert described HAPPY FEET DANCE FEST IN FORT WORTH Nov 17, 2006 Here's the festival lineup: • Jackie, an African penguin, will visit from the Fort Worth Zoo from 6:30 to 7 pm (see Jackie's profile at right). ... - Dallas Morning News (subscription), Saving a Species: The Great Penguin Rescue Nov 16, 2006 When the tanker sank in June 2000, it was right in the middle of breeding season for the African penguin, whose food supply was already in danger because of ... - Entertainment Weekly Gift to the Zoo Nov 14, 2006 ...education programming. The first $300,000 of the gift will give naming rights for a new African Penguin habitat at the Zoo. Another ... - Arkansas Times, Little Rock Zoo Gets $775,000 for New Exhibits Nov 14, 2006 The first $300,000 will give naming rights for a new African Penguin habitat at the zoo. Another $300,000 will give naming rights to a new cheetah exhibit. ... - Arkansas Business Online, Family Calendar (Nov. 16 - Nov. 22) Nov 16, 2006 Jackie, an African penguin, will visit from the Fort Worth Zoo 6:30 to 7 pm Tap dancers from the LaFeet dance ensemble, dressed in black and white, will ... - Dallas Morning News (subscription), Little Rock zoo announces largest donation in 80-year history Nov 15, 2006 ...announced the donation in the zoo's new Cafe Africa -- a former lionhouse -- filled with onlookers cooing at a wandering black-footed South African penguin. ... - Springdale Morning News, Aquarium pumps up bottom lines for hotels Nov 19, 2006 No, the aquarium isn't just all fish. Tom Hijne of the Netherlands, visiting the aquarium with his cousins, takes a look at the African penguin exhibit. ... - Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription), Halloween events in the Bay Area Oct 31, 2006 Daily, 10 am to 5 pm. ONGOING EXHIBITS -- "African Penguin Colony," ongoing. Watch the Academy s African penguins dip and dive in their new tank. ... - abc7news.com, Penguins quick to snap up 'houses' on island Mar 28, 2006 The project, a joint initiative between CapeNature and the Dyer Island Conservation Trust, comes as African penguin numbers on the island have dwindled from 22 ... Independent Online, Vulnerable stretch of SA coast to be shielded Mar 27, 2006 ...along the coast. It was also noted that the African penguin and Cape gannet were among the most vulnerable bird species. The area ... Independent Online, Special protection of coast gets OK from world body Mar 26, 2006 ...the coast. It was further argued that the African penguin and Cape gannet were among the most vulnerable bird species. Because about ... The Herald Eastern Cape, Learning experience Mar 20, 2006 ...temperatures. LP is an African penguin, so he lives where it's warm," said Mignone, running one hand gently down LP's back now and then. ... Asbury Park Press, Simon's Town Mar 16, 2006 ...form several little secluded beaches. It harbors one of the largest breeding colonies of the African penguin. Here these cute and ... KaapstadMagazine.nl, Shooting of Robben Island cats set to resume Mar 10, 2006 Cats have also been preying on several species of tern and even the African penguin, as well as the island's reptile fauna, such as lizards. ... Cape Argus (subscription), Chattanooga Zoo Will Expand Mar 1, 2006 ...if the prices go up slightly, which I hope people would embrace that as we grow, you'll still get what you're paying for." A new African Penguin exhibit is ... 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