Bid to save penguins

Fishing ban for 10 years around colonies, starting in January.

Mashudu Mashau says it takes about two minutes to catch a penguin, a task he does weekly to investigate sightings of injured or sickly seabirds. "We don't rush...we go down, sometimes we crawl, so that we don't look threatening, and when we're close, we aim for the head, hold it and secure the penguin," the 41-year-old ranger said.

Sometimes, when penguins waddle up from the coastline onto nearby streets and hide under cars, it is more of a struggle.

"We had one. They're not easy to catch because they go from one side to the other side of the car, but we got it," said Mashau, who has dedicated the past eight years to protecting the species.