SANCCOB is building a new seabird Intensive Care Unit, Surgical Theatre and Nursery at its Gqeberha conservation centre in South Africa. Located close to important African Penguin and Cape Gannet breeding colonies, the new facility will provide specialised veterinary and critical care for injured, ill and abandoned seabirds. More than half of the required funding has already been secured. We now need help closing the remaining funding gap and turning these plans into a lifesaving facility.
The African Penguin is currently the most threatened Penguin species in the world, with fewer than 8,000 breeding pairs remaining in South Africa. In the Eastern Cape, SANCCOB provides critical care to sick, injured and abandoned seabirds, but our current facilities can provide better care. We urgently need a new purpose-built Intensive Care Unit, Surgical Theatre and Nursery to give African Penguins and other seabirds the specialised care at the centre for them to be released back the wild.
The new purpose-built ICU, Surgical Theatre and Nursery will transform critical care at SANCCOB Gqeberha. Seabirds will receive specialised treatment, surgery, diagnostic care and chick rearing on site, reducing unnecessary transport and stress. With more space and improved facilities, our team can provide the level of care needed to give more African Penguins and other threatened seabirds the best chance of returning to the wild.
This facility will strengthen SANCCOB's ability to care for threatened seabirds in the Eastern Cape for decades to come. By improving critical care, surgery and chick-rearing capacity, more African Penguins and other seabirds can be successfully returned to the wild. Each bird released contributes to wild populations and supports SANCCOB's broader efforts to help stabilise the Critically Endangered African Penguin population.
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