Happy African Penguin Awareness Day!

Happy #AfricanPenguinAwarenessDay, a dedicated to celebrating Endangered African penguins and learning more about how we can work together to support their conservation efforts! In the last 100 years, the wild African penguin population has dropped by 98% due to threats like overfishing of their food supply, pollution from the oil tankers that sail around the Cape of Good Hope and oil spills. Here at Denver Zoo, we’re proud to support African penguin conservation by partnering with other conservation organizations like SANCCOB saves seabirds and Seafood Watch in addition to participating in The Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ African Penguin Species Survival Plan. Check out The Flipside, presented by Pinnacol Assurance, to see our penguins in action in their new habitat, and check out this Zoo Tales to learn more about what we’re doing to save this species and what you can do to help!