Scientists say they have lost track of Happy Feet, the wayward emperor penguin who won hearts around the world after washing up on a beach in New Zealand. A satellite tracking company said Monday it has received no signals since Friday from a tracking device that was glued to the bird’s back before it was […]
Scientists Lose Track of Wayward Penguin, Fate Uncertain
Posted September 12th, 2011 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
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Happy Feet Goes Home
Posted August 29th, 2011 at 5:00 am (UTC-5)
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 […]
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 […]
Wayward Penguin Cleared for Return to Antarctic
Posted August 4th, 2011 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
The Antarctic penguin who was found wandering aimlessly on a New Zealand beach two months ago has been cleared to return to his natural habitat. Veterinarians at the Wellington Zoo have given a clean bill of health to the emperor penguin nicknamed Happy Feet. The penguin was discovered on the Peka Peka beach north of […]
New Zealand Experts Settle Fate of Lost Penguin
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 1:35 am (UTC-5)
New Zealand’s specially constituted “penguin advisory group” has decided the fate of “Happy Feet,” an Emperor penguin that turned up unexpectedly on a New Zealand beach last week. The team of wildlife experts put together by the New Zealand Department of Conservation said Wednesday the preferred option is to release the lost bird in the […]
New Zealand Experts Settle Fate of Lost Penguin
Posted June 29th, 2011 at 1:30 am (UTC-5)
New Zealand’s specially constituted “penguin advisory group” has decided the fate of “Happy Feet,” an Emperor penguin that turned up unexpectedly on a New Zealand beach last week. The team of wildlife experts put together by the New Zealand Department of Conservation said Wednesday the preferred option is to release the lost bird in the […]
Wayward Penguin Mistakes Sand for Snow
Posted June 25th, 2011 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
Veterinarians in New Zealand say a wayward emperor penguin, nicknamed Happy Feet, is in critical condition following two medical procedures performed at a zoo in Wellington. On Friday veterinarians cleared the bird’s throat. On Saturday they attempted to flush sand from its stomach. The bird had been eating sand and twigs since landed a few […]
Wayward Penguin Recovers in New Zealand Zoo Hospital
Posted June 25th, 2011 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
Veterinarians in New Zealand say a wayward emperor penguin, knicknamed Happy Feet, is in critical condition following two medical procedures performed at a zoo in Wellington. On Friday veterinarians cleared the bird’s throat. On Saturday they attempted to flush sand from its stomach. The bird had been eating sand and twigs on Peka Peka beach […]
Penguin from Antarctica Found on New Zealand Beach
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 9:05 pm (UTC-5)
A small lost stranger dressed in black and white has been enchanting New Zealanders — a young wayward Emperor penguin. Wildlife experts say the bird somehow wound up on a beach north of Wellington this week — more than 3,000 kilometers away from its home in Antarctica. It is the first time a Emperor penguin […]
