Baby Penguin stolen from a Zoo. The penguin's parents are, apparently, showing signs of distress.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1956706,00.html
Times Online December 22, 2005
Penguin 'dumped at Portsmouth dock'
By Times Online and David Rose of The Times
Toga (Hampshire Police/Handout/PA)
Toga, the baby penguin stolen from an Isle of Wight zoo, may have been dumped at Portsmouth docks, zookeepers said today.
The zoo has received an anonymous call saying that the three-month-old ******* penguin was deposited at the docks alive. It is one of a number of unconfirmed sightings of the missing bird.
A police spokeswoman said: Police are investigating after a man rang GMTV and said he had dumped it in a plastic bag at Portsmouth dockyard.
The news of him being in a plastic bag doesnt sound good for his chances of being alive. We are also investigating the possibility that this call was a hoax.
Early reports suggested that Toga may have been left in the water. His zookeepers, pleading for people in the area to look out for the penguin, said the young bird can swim but will be weak due to lack of food and is likely now to be out of the water on a boat or buoy.
Kath Bright, the manager of the Amazon World zoo on the Isle of Wight, from which the bird was stolen five days ago, said yesterday that her staff had been left exhausted and tearful after earlier reported sightings of the bird had failed to lead to its recovery.
Vets said yesterday that the12in-tall bird would live for only another day or so without proper care and food regurgitated by his mother.
The reward for Toga's safe return rose to £5,000 yesterday as donations and messages of support were sent to its owners from across the world.
The ******* penguins plight has attracted the attention of the worlds media. Wellwishers from as far afield as Russia, the United States, Canada, Belgium and New Zealand have contacted the zoo with pledges of money and messages of support. In New York, worshippers at a Brooklyn church prayed for Togas safe return, while the zoos switchboard has been inundated with concerned callers since the news emerged.
Staff believe that the popularity of March of the Penguins, the French documentary film, may have inspired the crime. They were eager to point out that the ******* penguin is an endangered specie
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1956706,00.html
Times Online December 22, 2005
Penguin 'dumped at Portsmouth dock'
By Times Online and David Rose of The Times
Toga (Hampshire Police/Handout/PA)
Toga, the baby penguin stolen from an Isle of Wight zoo, may have been dumped at Portsmouth docks, zookeepers said today.
The zoo has received an anonymous call saying that the three-month-old ******* penguin was deposited at the docks alive. It is one of a number of unconfirmed sightings of the missing bird.
A police spokeswoman said: Police are investigating after a man rang GMTV and said he had dumped it in a plastic bag at Portsmouth dockyard.
The news of him being in a plastic bag doesnt sound good for his chances of being alive. We are also investigating the possibility that this call was a hoax.
Early reports suggested that Toga may have been left in the water. His zookeepers, pleading for people in the area to look out for the penguin, said the young bird can swim but will be weak due to lack of food and is likely now to be out of the water on a boat or buoy.
Kath Bright, the manager of the Amazon World zoo on the Isle of Wight, from which the bird was stolen five days ago, said yesterday that her staff had been left exhausted and tearful after earlier reported sightings of the bird had failed to lead to its recovery.
Vets said yesterday that the12in-tall bird would live for only another day or so without proper care and food regurgitated by his mother.
The reward for Toga's safe return rose to £5,000 yesterday as donations and messages of support were sent to its owners from across the world.
The ******* penguins plight has attracted the attention of the worlds media. Wellwishers from as far afield as Russia, the United States, Canada, Belgium and New Zealand have contacted the zoo with pledges of money and messages of support. In New York, worshippers at a Brooklyn church prayed for Togas safe return, while the zoos switchboard has been inundated with concerned callers since the news emerged.
Staff believe that the popularity of March of the Penguins, the French documentary film, may have inspired the crime. They were eager to point out that the ******* penguin is an endangered specie
