NSRI helps rescue Cape cormorant chicks from Robben Island

NSRI helps rescue Cape cormorant chicks from Robben Island
By Theolin Tembo
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Cape Town - After a large number of Cape cormorant chicks were apparently abandoned on Robben Island and left to fend for themselves, the NSRI Table Bay crew were called in to assist at the request of Sanccob (Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds).
Pat van Eyssen, NSRI Table Bay duty coxswain, said they were called at around 11am on Tuesday to assist in an ongoing rescue operation of Cape cormorant chicks at the island.
“It appears that a large number of Cape Cormorant chicks may have been abandoned on the island and left to fend for themselves. Reasons for the parents absence is being investigated by Sanccob.

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