‘Lost’ Penguin Heading Home in Style on NZ Research Ship

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A young Emperor penguin that captured global attention when it washed up on a New Zealand beach after straying thousands of kilometers from home will be head back to the subantarctic aboard a research vessel and in a specially designed cage. The Wellington Zoo, where the bird — nicknamed “Happy Feet” by locals — has been living since June, said on Wednesday the penguin would be on the research vessel Tangaroa when it leaves on August 29 for a fisheries survey.

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‘Lost’ Penguin Heading Home in Style on NZ Research Ship