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Building homes for South African penguins

Terry Fitzpatrick reports from Cape Town on an effort to save threatened South African penguins. One conservation group is building special nesting igloos so more of the penguins will make it to adulthood.

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More than a dozen species of penguins are sprinkled throughout the southern hemisphere. Many of them are in trouble – victims of overfishing, habitat loss and climate change. In South Africa, the situation is so severe that conservation groups are taking drastic steps to save one species. Terry FitzPatrick brings us the story from Cape Town.
Photos: Terry FitzPatrick

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