Why have almost a million king penguins disappeared from the ‘Island of Pigs?

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The largest king penguin colony in the world on the Pigs Islands, the Crozet sub-Antarctic archipelago, has lost much of its population.

Aerial photographs of the Île aux Cochons or better known as The Island of Pigs that houses thousands and thousands of penguins have worried the world as it shows that half a million pairs of king penguins and their chicks have disappeared.

In early 2017, researcher Henri Weimerskirchwas sent to take photos of this area and was greatly surprised to discover...

http://www.maritimeherald.com/2020/03-24-trending-news-why-have-almost-a-million-king-penguins-disappeared-from-the-island-of-pigs-environment-animal-protection/

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