{"id":131155,"date":"2024-11-28T20:58:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T13:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131155"},"modified":"2024-11-28T20:58:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T13:58:55","slug":"the-fight-to-save-the-african-penguin-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131155","title":{"rendered":"The fight to save the African penguin | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UrUVsLEIYRI?autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Every year there are fewer African penguins and soon there may be none at all.<\/p>\n<p>Conservationists primarily blame the fishing industry for the decline in numbers, as penguins depend on the sardines and anchovies they catch and sell.<\/p>\n<p>But fishermen say they are \u201ca fraction of the problem\u201d, as there are there factors like climate change and vulnerability to natural predators involved.<\/p>\n<p>While the South African government have previously tried to restrict fishing activities, it is estimated that there are now only 8,750 penguin breeding pairs left in the country.<\/p>\n<p>This has led conservation groups to take legal action against the government in the first case of its kind in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#Penguins #Africa #BBCNews<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UrUVsLEIYRI\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year there are fewer African penguins and soon there may be none at all. Conservationists primarily blame the fishing industry for the decline in numbers, as penguins depend on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131155\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}