A tourist centre planned for Rockingham's Penguin Island has been ditched for a proposal to help the vulnerable population adapt to climate change.
Campaigners said a new tourist centre on Penguin Island would be disastrous for breedingIt came amid mounting critcism from community members and scientists about the impact of construction and increased visitation on the island's population of little penguins.numbers on the island have plummeted from about 1,600 in 2007 to around 300 in 2019.
"I think it's a really positive outcome for the little penguin colony on Penguin Island, which is in a bit of trouble at the moment, it is declining rapidly," she said. Penguins moult during the summer, losing all their feathers and are unable to swim or fish while the new feathers grow over a period of two to three weeks.
"They do have a chance to adapt to that and by removing all these other pressures, it's going make that road a little bit easier for them," she said.Penguin Island will close for breeding season and on hotter days.Save Rockingham's Little Penguins campaign convenor Dawn Jecks said the decision came after months of campaigning."Over time, more and more information was getting out there and the community were very, very engaged.
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