60,000 African #penguins starved to #death after #sardine numbers collapsed – #study

source: https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/60000-african-penguins-starved-to-death-after-sardine-numbers-collapsed-study/

> More than 95% of the African penguins in two of the most important breeding colonies, on Dassen Island and Robben Island, died between 2004 and 2012. The breeding penguins probably starved to death during the moulting period, according to the paper, which said the #climate #crisis and #overfishing were driving declines.

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