well-nigh 1,200 baby ness cormorants are presently being nursed and cared for by a rescue centre in Cape Town , South Africa after beingabandonedby their parents on Robben Island last calendar month . The seabirds are considered an endangered species , and were establish starving on the island .
Although about 2,000 cormorant were take on to the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds , more than 800 died due to weakness and drying up during the trip to the delivery center or soon after they get in , AFP report . In astatement , the understructure explain that when the razzing were abandoned by their parent , they were too young to fend for themselves . The residual of the shuttle have recover .
boo
A volunteer gets ready to feed one of rescued Cape cormorant chicks.Photo: Rodger Bosch / AFP (Getty Images)
Daily Newsletter
Get the good technical school , science , and culture news in your inbox day by day .
News from the future , delivered to your present .
You May Also Like
