Penguin chicks fly to Durban
South African Airways provides cargo space
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Marine and Coastal Management (MCM) have started a second initiative to
save some of the chicks on Robben Island.
South African Airways (SAA)
are providing cargo space aboard all direct flights to Durban to
transport chicks to Seaworld at the Oceanographic Research Institute
and to the Umgeni River Bird Park.
When they are fully grown, the penguin chicks will be released. Animal
Travel Services have donated IATA regulation boxes for the transport
of the chicks. Chicks are caught during the day and then transported
to MCM Research Aquarium in Sea Point where they are kept overnight and
transported in batches of 30-60 chicks by SAA on direct
flights from Cape Town.
SAA initially agreed to transport 500 chicks to Durban and has
generously offered to transport birds to Port Elizabeth as well.
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© Marine and Coastal Management, 2000.
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