Experts warn the African penguin whose population has decreased drastically in the last century, could become "functionally extinct" in the next decade. In Gqeberha, the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) helps takes care of ill, injured, and abandoned seabirds, including this species."We are trying to reverse some of the human damage caused to these birds over the years," says SANCCOB'S Penguin and Seabird Ranger, Caitlin van der Merwe. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES