Ground-breaking litigation launched to protect the African Penguin from extinction – BirdLife South Africa

By BirdLife South Africa
May 12, 2026

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Ground-breaking litigation launched to protect the African Penguin from extinction

On 19 March 2024, the Biodiversity Law Centre, representing BirdLife South Africa and the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), initiated landmark litigation in the Pretoria High Court in the interests of Africa’s only penguin species: the Endangered African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus).

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