A colony of fairy penguins, the smallest penguins in the world, have gotten some high-powered help. After a string of deaths in the vulnerable Australian colony snipers were called in to help protect the penguins. The main suspects are dogs and foxes. The snipers join a group of volunteers who oversee the colony.

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