Resident CSI & Nature Conservationist, Tim Neary and SANCCOB Research Manager, Dr Katta Ludynia on what to make of the litigation case to protect the African Penguin from extinction by the Biodiversity Law Centre, representing BirdLife South Africa and the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds at the Pretoria High Court against the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, seeking the review and setting aside of the Minister’s 4 August 2023 decision on the closures to fishing around key African Penguin breeding colonies, instead of biologically meaningful closures.