Yellow-eyed penguin press

Yellow-eyed penguins have been gaining a lot of publicity around Dunedin and Otago over the past few weeks. Our Hoiho Hospital is now closed after another busy season and the 'good news' stories are abundant about hoiho which have been treated and then released back in to the wild.

Buster had previously been treated by vet Dr Lisa Argilla a few years ago in Wellington. He had to have his toe amputated, so Lisa knew exactly who he was when he appeared again at the hospital this year with a large shark bite to his abdomen. Buster has made the front page of the Otago Daily Times twice this season, with the most recent article being about his release on the Otago Peninsula. Read the article here.