Penguin to be set free after four months at Wildbase Hospital with broken legWARWICK SMITH/STUFF A rare penguin is going home after four months in rehab at Wildbase Hospital in Palmerston North. A rare penguin on the brink of death is homeward bound after a four-month stay at Massey University's Wildbase Hospital. He was taken to Wildbase Hospital in Palmerston North, where he earned the nickname "Mr Grumpy Face" and was treated for a fractured leg and lacerated abdomen. Wildbase director Professor Brett Gartrell said the penguin was in bad shape after the suspected marine predator attack. ANTHONY BEHRENS/SUPPLIED A penguin is leaving Massey University's Wildbase Hospital after spending four months recovering from a fractured leg and lacerated abdomen.

Source: Stuff February 26, 2018 20:58 UTC