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adopt a home pen penguin
SANCCOB is proud to introduce our “Home Pen Birds”. Due to popular demand these special, non-releasable sea birds are finally available for adoption.
NOTE: This programme differs from the “Adopt a Penguin” programme in that the home pen birds are not releasable and birds in the “Adopt a Penguin Programme” have been released back into the wild.
Your adoption paperwork will include:
- A detailed history about your penguin View Example
- A certificate of adoption and a photograph View Example
Funds generated from this programme will help us to maintain and provide a excellent quality of life for our permanent residents.
10 MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
1. How do I adopt a penguin?
To adopt a Home pen penguin, click the "Adopt me" button of the resident penguin below that you would like to adopt.
2. How much does it cost to adopt a penguin?
It costs R1000 to adopt a penguin per year.
3. Is the fee a once off payment?
It is a once off fee is valid for one year. The letter, certificate and photo for your Home pen penguin is yours to proudly display.
4. What is the exchange rate?
Currency exchange rates change constantly. To determine the exact exchange rate from South African Rands to your currency, contact your bank, use the internet or click here. SANCCOB will not determine the exchange rate for your currency, as we receive an enormous amount of queries from all over the world.
5. How long will it take to process my adoption?
Once payment is received, the application process takes a minimum of 10-15 working days, excluding posting time. All overseas adoptions are sent air-mail. Adoptions are processed in the order they are received.
6. How long does air-mail take?
Adoptions sent via air-mail may arrive within a week or a month, depending on the post office.
7. What will I receive in my adoption pack?
You will receive the following in your adoption pack:
- A letter of adoption-including a brief description of why your penguin received treatment at SANCCOB View Example
- A photograph of your penguin View Example
- A certificate of adoption View Example
Once you receive your adoption pack, you will be added to our e-newsletter database and you will receive our monthly e-newsletter. You will not receive further correspondence from SANCCOB regarding your penguin.
9. Will I be able to see the penguin I adopt?
Yes. Since your penguin is a permanent resident, you will be able to see your penguin. Visits to see your adopted penguin has to be booked through our Education officer.
Bailey
Bailey was collected from Gansbaai on the 12th of September 1998. Admitted as a very thin adult with an injured flipper, her recovery was very slow. After spending some time as a single women, Bailey and Sandals finally became a breeding pair.Since their unification, Bailey and Sandals have raised a chick in 2002 and another chick called Sandee in 2004. Both chicks were released back into the wild as blues.adopt me
Beauty
In 2003 Beauty was brought to SANCCOB by National Parks staff at Boulders. She was an arrested moulter. Because Beauty was in this delayed moulting process she was placed into Home pen to decrease stress. Treatment by the rehab team helped Beauty to go into the moulting process. She is now one of the most gorgeous penguins.We did not release her because of her attachment to Flipper. Normally penguins partner for life and we did not want to split them.
Flipper and Beauty has reared their first chick in 2005 and soon followed with their second, early in 2006.adopt me
Dyer
Dyer was admitted from Dyer Island in 1994 during an unidentified oil spill. He was not releasable and joined our permanent residents in Home Pen.Dyer and Matilda have successfully reared chicks in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005. All four chicks were released as healthy blues.adopt me
Flipper
Flipper was brought to SANCCOB on 21 June 2003 from Dyer Island. He was very weak, emaciated and had a large wound under his flipper. Flipper stayed in ICU for nearly two weeks. After weeks of physiotherapy to try and restore full movement to the flipper, we realised that the joint was affected and Flipper would not survive in the wild. Penguins are specially adapted to swim underwater at high speed. This bird was so handsome that we decided to add him to our Home Pen family.Flipper and Beauty reared their first chick in 2005and soon followed with their second in 2006.
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Flo
Flo became a permanent resident in Home Pen during the late 1990´s. She was deemed non releasable as result of movement problems in her right shoulder joint. In 2002, Flo found a partner in Fluffy but since their break-up in 2007, Flo has been happily engaged to Sandals.adopt me
Jill
Covered in oil when she arrived from Dassen island in the late 1990´s, Jill was washed but never made a full recovery and suffered from chronic anaemia and struggled to maintain an appropriate weight. Oil can have a detrimental effect on penguins, long after the oil has been washed from their feathers. Penguins can ingest oil when they try to clean the oil from their feathers and this can interfere with some of the most important processes of the body.Jill recovered slowly in Home Pen and soon soon found Jack, with whom she successfully reared 2 penguin chicks. Sadly Jack passed away in 2007.
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Matilda
On of our oldest permanent residents in Home Pen, Matilda was admitted in 1994 with a hunched back. This was probably due to an injury in the wild. When she joined the Home pen community she immediately found a partner in Dyer and the 2 have been in seperable ever since.Dyer and Matilda have successfully reared chicks in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005. All four chicks were released as healthy little blues.
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Sandals
Sandals was admitted to SANCCOB in the early 1990´s from the Eastern Cape. with both of his feet, severely injured. He was taught to walk again by strapping little "sandals" onto his two stumps. He has adapted very well and is happily living with his two stumps. Featured in the local newspapers, we are very proud to have a celebrity among us.Sandals´ partner died in 1996. but since his engagement to Bailey in1999 they have successfully reared 2 chicks. Both chicks were released back into the wild as blues.
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