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Deadly Skin Disease Threatens Endangered Kit Foxes in Bakersfield

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The drought is taking a toll on California, not only the people who live here, but wild animals too. Take the endangered San Joaquin kit fox. Its numbers are declining in the arid Central Valley because there's not always enough prey to survive. But there's one urban population of these foxes that's finding plenty of food -- in Bakersfield. As Alice Daniel explains, these city-dwelling foxes are facing another threat to their survival.

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