African Penguin Population Shrinks by 50%, BusinessDay Says
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The population of the native African Penguin has fallen by more than 50 percent over the past 30 years, prompting scientists in South Africa to try to boost their numbers, Johannesburg-based Business Day reported.
The shift of sardines and anchovies, the birds’ main food, away from breeding colonies of penguins on South Africa’s western coast may be to blame for the reduction in the population, the newspaper cited scientists as saying.