Human Interest
African Penguin Colony DNA tested in East London─── 11:45 Mon, 23 Nov 2015
East London - The East London Aquarium is said to be the first in the country to have its African Penguin Colony DNA tested.
The facility's Siani Tilney says the samples will then be bio-banked and micro-chipped. Tilney says presently there are no other captive facilities that have put this programme in place, making this a world first.
She says the African Penguin is a CITES 1 listed animal, which means it is critically endangered and protected under the Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species.
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