Based on calculations in a new study, it is argued that the conservation status of the African penguin should be listed as "critically endangered".
The African penguin population has been in constant decline since at least the 1950s.
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On 23 June 2000, when – like now – Cape Town was in the icy grip of mid-winter, South Africa suffered what was called the world's worst coastal seabird environmental disaster.
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