SOUTH AFRICA PHOTO SET CAPE CORMORANT REHABILITATION

Rehabilitation of 1700 Cape Cormorant chicks

epa08968494 An abandoned Cape Cormorant chick is weighed on a scale as it undergoes rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coast Birds (SANCCOB) in Cape Town, South Africa, 27 January 2021. SANCCOB is currently rehabilitating approximately 1700 abandoned Cape Cormorant chicks. Scientists cite a few factors leading to the Cormorants parents and colonies abandoning their young. Food scarcity due to over fishing and climate change are the most common causes. Cape cormorants feed on small pelagic fish species which are at very low levels in the Cape waters currently. Cape Cormorants are listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). SANCCOB have called for volunteers to help with the crisis. Once the chicks have undergone the rehabilitation process at SANCCOB and regain their strength to a point where they are able to hunt for themselves they will be released back into the wild. EPA/NIC BOTHMA ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET

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