Of the 18 penguin species, 10 are classified as endangered. As a group, penguins are one of the two most threatened seabird groups in the world. The other group is the Procellariiformes (albatrosses and petrels). Over the last 30 years, the number of African penguins breeding in South Africa has declined by 73% from 42,500 breeding pairs in 1991 to 10,400 pairs in 2021 - <span class="nc684nl6"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 oo9gr5id lrazzd5p" tabindex="0" role="link" href="https://www.facebook.com/apssZA/?__cft__[0]=AZWdrR1v1cEIY2ej9N_mwkvb5hZFI8vQcIrltjC74r1TOpw-uYRYHb9s6Cbwawoo4FyW2IVmE0rk_0GBu0kij7Bz51EFyT0KgAWRiy4ASflweTkZx_NoihAeKkZohs2YJ4mFZ_fQrU09NhsG7OJbYrjEOEQaIhzhNQ8_FhRf-cHNWNkB6-wVJgX3zXXMzcWSn6nn6UCgOnluITst9Xf0DtCE&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R"><strong>African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary - APSS</strong></a></span>
