African black-footed penguins, such as the one kidnapped from an oceanarium in South Africa, mate for life JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GETTY IMAGESKeepers are in a race against time in the search for Buddy, an african penguin who was abducted from a marine park and released into the wild. Two students have handed themselves in to police, saying that they felt that creatures such as Buddy were entitled to enjoy life in the wild and should not be held in aquariums. Staff at Bayworld oceanarium in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape province, said, however, that Buddy was born in the park and had a slim chance of surviving alone in the Indian Ocean. They have given him no more than three weeks to…

Source: The Times September 29, 2016 23:14 UTC