Penguin waddling in village found by police
A penguin waddling through a village has been found by police officers on a routine patrol.
These were on patrol in Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, if they spotted the Humboldt penguin in a village street in the early hours of Sunday.
The bird, nicknamed Po-Po, had escaped from a farm enclosure in Strelley and then managed to waddle a mile up the road.
Police stuck their beak in and the penguin was returned to its owner.
PC Gareth Philp said they nicknamed the penguin Po-Po after "he posed for a few pictures around and he was very friendly with this officers".
Last year some stolen penguins were rescued by officers in Strelley.
In January 2019 police acted on a tip-off and rescued the birds, and arrested a 23-year-old man from Preston on suspicion of burglary.
Native to South America, Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) are named after the current of water in which they swim, which took its name from Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt.
Without currently endangered they are listed as "vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which means they are in immediate or imminent threat of becoming endangered.
