Happy Feet: from the zoo to the ship - Extended Footage

Happy Feet is carried aboard Tangaroa by NIWA staff

By Lloyd Burr

Our beloved emperor penguin Happy Feet is somewhere off the east coast of New Zealand at the moment onboard NIWA’s ship Tangaroa.

The ship is heading south and Happy Feet will be released in three or four days at 51 degrees south near Campbell Island.

Click on the video tab to watch extended footage of Happy Feet’s journey from Wellington Zoo to the ship.

3 News reporter Charlotte Shipman has been onboard the ship since it left yesterday and she will report on Happy feet’s progress in our 6 o’clock bulletin tonight.

• Click here to watch our tribute to Happy Feet

Over the last ten weeks, the penguin has warmed our hearts with his story of survival and we have joined him for some of his milestones.

• Click here to watch him on Peka Peka beach
• Click here to see him being removed from Peka Peka beach
• Click here for his first sand-removal procedure at Wellington Zoo
• Click here for the procedure removing sticks from his stomach
• Click here to watch him being fed
• Click here to watch his snow being replenished
• Click here to watch his first swim
• Click here to watch his second swim
• Click here to watch him in his enclosure and being fed
• Click here to watch footage of him interacting with the mirrors in his enclosure
• Click here to watch NIWA staff being trained to feed the penguin
• Click here to watch Charlotte Shipman’s interview with Dr Argilla.
• Click here to watch the press conference onboard the Tangaroa

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