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Happy Feet washed up on a beach in June, weak and emaciated.
Happy Feet washed up on a beach in June, weak and emaciated.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealanders were preparing Sunday to say farewell to Happy Feet, the emperor penguin who washed up sick and starving on a beach more than 1,800 miles from his Antarctic home. Wellington Zoo, which has nursed him back to health in the 10 weeks since he came ashore, arranged a farewell party and invited visitors to wear their best black-and-white gear to see him for the last time before he heads back to his natural habitat today. He will leave the city on a fisheries research ship bound for Antarctic waters, where he is to be released.

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