Woodland Park Zoo searching for boy who rescued penguin egg
Apr 13, 2012, 1:12 PM | Updated: 3:03 pm
"We are so grateful to this little boy for helping us save this precious bird. If a crow or seagull had scooped up the egg, it would have been a goner," said the keeper working that day, Celine Pardo. (Woodland Park Zoo Photo/Dennis Dow)
The egg was on the edge, and if it wasn’t for the keen
eyes of a young boy visiting Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo,
the
Humboldt penguin chick might not have made it.
The curly-haired blonde boy was visiting the zoo and
watching the penguins when he spied an egg on the cliff of
their exhibit.
He told the keeper who rushed in, whisked the egg away,
and placed it in the care of two foster penguin parents.
It was one of two penguin chicks born on April 3 and 5.
“We are so grateful to this little boy for helping us save
this precious bird. If a crow or seagull had scooped up
the egg, it would have been a goner,” said the keeper
working that day, Celine Pardo.
By the time Pardo had taken the egg, placed it in the care
of the foster parents and returned to the exhibit front,
the boys was gone.
The Woodland Park Zoo wants to thank the boy, who they
believe is about 7 or 8-years-old, was wearing a white t-
shirt, and is described as “extremely polite.”
The zoo says they’d like invite the boy to see the baby
chick behind the scenes and maybe even help name it.
According to Pardo, “This story of this chick shows how
visitors of all ages can help support the care of animals
at the zoo and, in this case, help save an endangered
animal.”
