Last week, when many of us huddled indoors as wild winter storms pummelled the coastline on Tuesday, 25 June, SANCCOB’s ...

SANCCOB introduces new offering at visitor centre. T he Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds ...

Currently, SANCCOB and other conservation organizations, including BirdLife South Africa and the World Wildlife Fund-South Africa, are in talks with fisheries groups to settle on a larger area, ...

A distinct odor of dead fish, guano, and earthy sea lingers in the air. Loud braying punctuates conversations. At the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) in ...

SANCCOB is treating 19 penguins affected by an oil spill believed to have occurred along the West Coast, with ongoing investigations into the spill's source.

The population has plunged to less than 10,000 breeding pairs in 2024, according to SANCCOB resources manager, Ronnis Daniels, meaning there is only 1% left of the 1 million that were in existence ...

SANCCOB faced quarantine after an Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) outbreak in November 2022. The funding from the Maryland Zoo helped to provide testing kits necessary for lifting the quarantine and ...

SANCCOB specializes in rehabilitation, chick rearing, oil spill response, and breeding programs. “African penguins have been endangered since 2010,” said Tulsa Zoo bird keeper Seana Flossic.

Since 1968, SANCCOB has treated over 100,000 birds that have been injured, abandoned, sick or oiled, in particular endangered seabirds like the African penguin.

Cape Town - The South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (Sanccob) on Thursday adopted a new constitution which would modernise the organisation and bring its operation in line ...

SANCCOB spokesperson Robyn Fraser-Knowles said that they do not know the source or the type of oil, but that it was seen on ...