I saw the story on I think it was the Today show this morning.
I would guess that the thief more likely did it as an animal rights kind of thing... You know, free the poor captive animals back into the wild. Possibly not realizing, or not caring, that this animal has never been in the wild, and has no way of taking care of itself.
...... Or I could be way off. Who knows. It is still very sad though. They said the penguin's parents won't eat now.
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