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Penguin and Seabird Facility

NAR collaborates with DEC personnel at Penguin Island, near Rockingham, to provide rehabilitation facilities for injured sick and orphaned penguins. NAR has a Memorandum Of Agreement with Fremantle Volunteer Sea Rescue to take injured and sick seabirds that come into their keeping and Sea Rescue assists NAR to return the seabirds back to the ocean on release. NAR has been successful in the rehabilitation of a number of penguins, albatross and giant petrels over the past 12 months and it is a real pleasure for staff to see these magnificent and special birds safely released back onto the ocean. Some volunteers have had the opportunity to travel with Sea Rescue to release the birds and that is always a special moment for them.

Funding and sponsorships are being sourced to provide a facility for the rehabilitation of ocean birds, such as penguins, albatross and giant petrels. The facility will provide suitable shaded and sheltered rest areas as well as appropriate areas for swimming. The whole facility will be fully enclosed (fencing and roofing) to prevent entry by predators.

Estimated cost of new facility = $130,000

Cost of feed (includes fresh fish) up to $100 per week depending on season.