Endangered Species Annual Awareness Campaign

Endangered Species Annual Awareness Campaign

May 12, 2011 by dyertrust

As per Waddling for a Week
23rd to 28th May 2011
From Gansbaai to Boulders

An Animal Keepers Association Africa (AKAA) – Endangered Species Annual Awareness Campaign
This Campaign will raise awareness of the plight of our very own African Penguin which is only found on the Southern African Coastline, and has recently been declared endangered. This Penguin will be extinct in fifteen years if together we dont do something. We humans caused the problem so lets fix it.

In keeping with the world wide call of What can Zoos and Aquaria do to promote global conservation awareness, the AKAA has initiated an annual awareness program which will focus on one Endangered Species per year.
To spread the Penguin Promises message and inspire relevant social behaviour change, a couple of AKAA members and possibly a SANCCOB representative, will be waddling 150kms down the East coast of South Africa from Dyer Island, Gaansbaai, to Boulders in Simonstown, Cape Town. The significance of this walk is that it starts and ends at two of the main breeding colonies for the African Penguin and takes in the area of coastline frequented by these birds for feeding. Join us on route. Check the websiteThe Dyer Island Conservation Trust is proud to be supporting the extension of theWorld-renowned shark parasitologist, Professor Susan Dippenaar of the University of Limpopo in Polokwane, spent two weeks withMore information can be found atThe Trust is very excited to announce that