Off The Fence - The Great Penguin Rescue Series 1 (2021)

Well known wildlife presenter and conservation enthusiast Michaela is on a mission to help them.

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Michaela must learn quickly if she is going to graduate as a volunteer at the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). She needs to master difficult skills including feeding both the powerful adult penguins and helpless chicks.

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Episode 2 starts with Michaela still desperately trying to learn the ropes as a volunteer at SANCCOB in Cape Town. None of the tasks are easy as these seemingly cute penguins are really feisty and she ends up covered in bites and scratches!

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New arrivals are flooding into SANCCOB for the chick bolstering project. The latest batch has come from Dyer Island and surrounding colonies, where their parents have abandoned them.

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Michaela meets Betty's Bay penguin colony manager Cuan to collect abandoned chicks. There are two that she feels a certain bond with, and she names them Stony and Betty.

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It's time for Michaela to face her Achilles heel; tube feeding the penguins. It's a difficult task, which can stress the birds, or worse, kill them if done wrong.

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The finale starts out with both good and bad news; Tiger has died, his digestive issues finally getting the better of him. But Betty is now a plump and healthy blue, ready for release.