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Dyer Island Conservation Trust

HQ 🇿🇦 South Africa · 1 project tracked

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Latest from Dyer Island Conservation Trust

📰 Update · Jul 3

Rare Fin Whale Stranding Recorded Along Greater Dyer Island Coast

📰 Update · Jul 1

Orca-predated Bronze Whaler Sharks – June 2026

📰 Update · Jun 25

From Penguin Penthouse to Puppy Palace – One Great Idea, Countless Smiles

📰 Update · May 29

a Visitor from the South.

📰 Update · May 15

Riders of the Storm

📰 Update · May 8

Ragged-tooth Shark Necropsy – May 2026

📰 Update · May 8

Ship Strike Suspected in Whale Stranding Near Die Dam

📰 Update · May 5

Broadnose Sevengill Shark Necropsy – May 2026

Dyer Island Conservation Trust: Guarding Great Whites and African Penguins at Africa's Tip

Ocean Life

🇿🇦 South Africa

Off Gansbaai's shark-rich waters, researchers tag great whites while rehabbers hand-raise stranded African penguin chicks for a colony fighting collapse.

1,500nestsArtificial penguin nests installed
99%Nest occupancy rate
769penguinsPenguin fledglings raised & released
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