A baby Jackass penguin was stolen from the Amazon World Zoo on the Isle of Wight on Monday. The three-month-old penguin, named Togo, cannot survive for more than three or four days without his parents, on whom he relies for his special diet. He was known to refuse food from humans. Togo has lived in an enclosure at the zoo with his parents, Kyala and Oscar, and four other penguins, since he was born in September. If he is not returned to the zoo by Thursday, his chances for survival are slim.
Zoo officials speculate that the penguin may have been taken to be used as a Christmas gift for someone, and that the popularity of the French movie March of the Penguins may have sparked this misguided idea.
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