TRAVEL INDUSTRY CHARITY EVENT TICENovember 17, 2009 by dyertrustDICT was incredibly grateful to the TICE committee for nominating the Trust as one of three beneficiaries at their annual charity event. The evening was a black tie affair at the Cape Town International Convention Centre and the tourism industry was out in force.The other charities nominated includedWARMTH War against Malnutrition, Tuberculosis and [...]
ISA CARSTENS FUNDRAISING DAYNovember 16, 2009 by dyertrustThe Isa Carstens Health and Skin Care Academy in Stellenbosch, is a valued supporter of the Dyer Island Conservation Trusts African Penguin Housing Project as their Social Responsibility project. The schools uniform is black and white and this has led to the students being labelled penguins. Every year, the students of the school have [...]
MARINE MONTHOctober 30, 2009 by dyertrustOctober has been declared Marine Month and Monday 19th October was a beautiful day for a coastal clean up. The Dyer Island Conservation Trust (DICT) with the assistance of a very enthusiastic Grade 6 class from Blompark Primary, led by Mr Dreyer, did just that.DICT was given yellow garbage bags and data cards from the Ocean [...]
DONATION FROM AFRICAN DESTINATIONSOctober 29, 2009 by dyertrustThe Trust is very grateful to members of Virtuoso African Destinations who generously donated R10 000 for dedicated use in whale disentanglements. Wilfred Chivell has been involved in numerous whale disentanglements and officially belongs to the South African Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN)apartnership withMarine & Coastal Management. Using specifically designed tools and following safety protocols, [...]
Launch of our research boatOctober 19, 2009 by dyertrustby DICTs Marine Biologist Alison TownerHello to all the shark supporters and welcome to the first blog for the DICT white shark research program. We are so excited to finally have contact with all of those who have donated towards our shark project and aim to keep you fully informed on a monthly [...]
WESTERN CAPE DIE VOORTREKKERS GRADE 7 BUY A PENGUIN HOMEOctober 03, 2009 by dyertrustOn Wednesday, 30 September, we took a drive to Bettys Bay to meet with the Grade7 students ofDie Voortrekker. Every year that grade gets together to learn more about the African Penguin, and together they bought a very important piece of real estate: an African Penguin house on [...]
HERMANUS WHALE FESTIVALOctober 02, 2009 by dyertrustThis year at the Whale Festival we had an Enviro Marquee to celebrate the Marine Big 5Whales, sharks, dolphins, penguins and seals. Our icon was Wally the Whale who was a hit with the children.Dyer Island Cruisesdonated a large scale whale replica to the Festival which lay proudly outside the marquee.We hosted a series of [...]
SANCCOB MASKED BALLOctober 02, 2009 by dyertrustThe Simonstown Penguin Festival SANCCOB Benefit Weekend held on the 25th September kicked off with a masked ball at Boulders Beach Lodge (well organized by Operations Manager Janine Genade and her team) and DICT was very excited to be there. Michelle Garforth (Wild Ltd) was MC and guests included Amelia Venter, world renowned animal communicator; [...]
AFRICAN PENGUIN CHICKS RESCUEDOctober 01, 2009 by dyertrustOn Lauren Wallers (PhD researcher) nest rounds last week she came across a nest where previously the adults were incubating two eggs. Being interested to see what happens to this nest as it is very late in the season for penguins to be incubating and they should be coming to the end of breeding [...]
FEEDBACK FROM DYER ISLAND RESEARCHERSeptember 29, 2009 by dyertrustAdin Stamelman, a Dyer Island researcher and UCT PhD candidate, recently presented findings from his work on the South African Guano Islands at the second History of Marine Animal Populations (HMAP) conference in Vancouver, Canada.The HMAP project is part of the broader Census of Marine Life program which aims to scientifically answer three [...]