Newport Aquarium – Endangered African Penguins

Newport Aquarium campaign to help endangered African Penguins.

African Penguins Need Our Help! In the next 10 – 15 years it has been projected that African Penguins will be Extinct in the Wild. There are fewer than 50,000 African Penguins living in South Africa. Newport Aquarium, an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), is joining with the AZA and other accredited aquariums and zoos to take action and help reverse this trend. AZA launched the “Invest In The Nest” campaign on Kickstarter, the innovative crowdfunding platform. The campaign seeks to raise $150,000 to help build and place 1,500 artificial nests for African penguins in South Africa and Namibia.