TOUR OPERATORS / TOURISTS TO PENGUIN COLONIES

• Ensure tour guides, bus drivers and other staff understand the plight of the penguin and are able to brief visitors about proper conduct in the colonies.   
   

• Be careful when driving – look out for penguins crossing the roads.
   

• When you get back into your car after parking – look under the car to make sure a penguin is not sheltering there.
   

• If you see anything of concern around penguin nesting sites, be sure to let the authorities know.
   

• If you see a dead or injured penguin report it.  
   

• Support the rangers operating in your area by heeding to the conservation signs and by reporting human behaviour which is threatening the birds.
   

• Respect the boundaries of the penguin nesting sites.
   

• Please contact us if you would like to be involved in our #NOOW campaign.
   

• Share your love for penguins by sharing your photos and videos on social media using the hashtags #AfricanPenguin #NOOW. 
   

• Follow us on Facebook and Instagram and share our #NOOW campaign posts.
   

• Learn as much as you can about African penguins so that you can share this knowledge with others especially visitors to penguin colonies.
   

• Support local communities to create sustainable livelihoods that do not rely on fishing activities that impact the penguin populations.
   

• Support the effective management of Marine Protected Areas, especially those that protect penguin nest sites or feeding grounds. Support new protected areas where African penguins can breed and feed.
   

• Write letters to Minister Barbara Creecy (South African Minister of Forestry and Fisheries and Environmental Affairs) Support her to make the right decisions for penguins.

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