The City of Rockingham is lobbying for the closure of tourist attraction Penguin Island, as the dwindling population of the animals that gave the island its name reaches crisis point. But there ...

The little penguin colony has dropped by 94 per cent since 2007, leaving an estimated 114 on the island. Environmental activists want the island to close to allow the population to recuperate.

Conservationists have long called for the island to be shut to visitors to allow for the restoration of the little penguin population, which has dropped by 94 per cent since 2007 — leaving an ...