Penguin Conservation Charities

On Tuesday 29 December 2020 at 6:30pm, BBC1 are showing "Penguins:  Meet the Family" with Liz Bonin.  This is a great chance to discover all about penguins, and if you want to find out more about the work penguin conservation charities are doing to help, here's a list of them and their websites.....  

In the UK:

• Galapagos Conservation Trust - why not adopt a penguin as a gift? - it has a London office
• Falklands Conservation - it has a UK and a Falklands office
• BirdWorld fundraises for and works closely with SANCCOB (see below)
• ZSL (the Zoological Society of London) is involved in penguin conservation projects. 
  
  

In South Africa

• SANCCOB - the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB)

 In Australia

• Penguin Foundation raises funds to protect and enhance Phillip Island's natural environment through research, conservation and education programs.
  
  

In New Zealand

• Forest and Bird have campaigns and projects to protect penguins on land and at sea.
• West Coast Penguin Trust promotes the awareness and enjoyment of penguins and other threatened seabirds 
• Penguin Rescue provides sanctuary for penguins

In the US

• Galapagos Conservancy working to preserve, protect and restore the Galapagos Islands 
• Penguins International who also have ways to help penguins
• Global Penguin Society (also based in Argentina) - dedicated to the survival and protection of the world´s penguin species, fostering integrated ocean conservation through science, management and community education.  The site took a few moments to load last time I visited, so please be patient! 
• WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) has worked with Magellanic Penguins since 1982
• Pew Trusts - one of their projects is Protecting Antartica's Southern Ocean