Will Happy Feet find his home?

Happy feet, the lost emperor penguin, who lost his way and surfaced on the shores of New Zealand in June was finally released in the choppy seas of Antarctica. Will he find his home? The lost emperor penguin affectionately named as Happy Feet lost its way big-time and showed up on the New Zealand’s coast. Rescued by the Wellington Zoo officials he was treated by doctors for gastro-intestinal disorders that he had developed after swallowing sand that he mistook for snow. After months of care and treatment led by Dr. Argilla, he began his long-journey back home. Since it was difficult to release him by hand in the rough seas of Antarctica, a special slide was prepared for him. But once out of the refrigerated box in which he was brought from the New Zealand coast to the Antarctica sea aboard a small boat, he seemed reluctant to venture in to the sea. It finally needed a gentle nudge to let him slide into the choppy waters of the Antarctica sea. He resurfaced 6 feet from the boat before vanishing in to the sea. His fans can keep a track of him through the GPS that has been attached to Happy Feet. But will he find home, is left to be seen.


What shall always remain a mystery perhaps is that why in first place he left his home (In 44 years Happy Feet became the first emperor penguin to show-up on the New Zealand coast, 1,800 miles from his Antarctic feeding grounds)? Was he really lost or on his own trip? Why was he reluctant to slide into the sea during his release? And, whereas it remains to be seen whether he is able to get back home, it shall never be known whether he actually wanted to go back home.

Would you like to go back to your past organizations that you worked for, if given a choice (and not transferred in a container like Happy Feet)? Engagement is such an interesting issue.