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Little penguins active on West Island near Victor Harbor for first time in seven years
Active little penguin burrows have been discovered on West Island south of Adelaide for the first time in seven years, six months after fox attacks put the population at nearby Granite Island in dire straits.
Key points:
- The area’s little penguin population has been in significant decline since the turn of the century
- Nesting penguins have been found sitting on eggs on both West and Granite islands
- A census on Granite Island has counted just 16 little penguins and eight active burrows
Both islands once supported thousands of the native birds, but seal and pest predation, as well as climate change, fish stocks and human interference, have been blamed for reducing their numbers to dangerous levels.
A recent census at Granite Island, for…
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