Title: NZEALAND PENGUIN 1st UPD HEAD: Happy Feet Goes Home DATE: 08/29/11 NUMBER: 1309968 TYPE: CN )) Happy Feet, the globe-trotting emperor penguin, is on his way home after a two-month visit to New Zealand that made him a world-wide celebrity. Officials at New Zealand’s Wellington Zoo admitted a bit of sadness as the penguin […]
Happy Feet Goes Home
Posted August 29th, 2011 at 1:45 am (UTC-5)
Title: NZEALAND PENGUIN HEAD: Happy Feet Goes Home DATE: 08/28/11 NUMBER: 1309738 TYPE: CN )) Happy Feet, the globe-trotting emperor penguin who washed up on a New Zealand beach two months ago, is being shipped back to his home in the Southern Ocean Monday. Hundreds of people, including children dressed in black-and-white, turned up Sunday […]
Chinese Court Sentences Man For Murder in New Zealand
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 4:40 am (UTC-5)
A Shanghai court sentenced a Chinese man Wednesday to 15 years in prison for killing a taxi driver last year in New Zealand. The unusual case marked the first time anyone accused of murder in New Zealand has been tried in another country. The court said it considered the remorse shown by the defendant, Xiao […]
Lost Penguin Set to Return Home to Antarctic
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 3:55 am (UTC-5)
An Emperor penguin who wandered far from his frozen Antarctic home onto a New Zealand beach will be shipped back home later this month. The Wellington Zoo announced Wednesday the adult male penguin who has been dubbed “Happy Feet” by an adoring public will transported to the Southern Ocean aboard a research vessel on August […]
