Penguin Rescue Update

​Hello friends and family
On Monday, Robbie Murray and I went to the Bluffs to assess the health of the penguins there. Two were on the side of the cliff, so Murray abseiled off the edge, and herded them up towards the top, but they deviated off to the side into a gorse patch, and there they remain!

Today's challenge

​We went to Kawariki Bay and uplifted the 3 penguins there and took blood samples. Then we put them into the soft release pen to continue with their moult. It was their chick that died of malaria, and it seems that all 3 adults have it too.

almost ready to go!

​On Tuesday the team came out and we uplifted 5 underweight moulters and brought them into care. I opened the door of the soft release and the last of the chicks were on their way. Wednesday was my day at the Toptip and the afternoon was spent cleaning and reorganising penguins to cope with the influx. Jan brought our injured penguin back from the Wildlife hospital. 

We now have 24 penguins in care. Today we will microchip the Cresteds and they can go on Tuesday.
Have a great week!
Rosalie