Owners allowing dogs to run loose on beaches and throwing garbage in the sea can harm yellow-eyed penguins. Several types of penguins come ashore at certain times of year to rest or molt, making them vulnerable to dogs that may attack them due to their fishy smell, sometimes fatally in one bite. Keeping dogs leashed and disposing of trash properly can help protect these penguins and their habitat.

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4. The problem on our public beaches when penguins come
ashore is dog control. Dog owners appreciate the
freedom of romping with unleashed dogs on the open
beaches. At certain times of the year penguins
(yellow-eyed, Fiordland crested, erect crested, Little Blue
and Snares crested ) come ashore either as juveniles to
rest for the night or as adults to moult. This sometimes
causes problems. A penguin is irresistible to most dogs
as it has that fishy smell that can be air scented by dogs
from a very long way off. Often well meaning dog owners
only become aware of this when a penguin lies dead in a
pile of feathers in the dunes. It takes only one bite to kill
them.