MANNHEIM, GERMANY — A Humboldt penguin abducted from a zoo on Saturday has been found dead, German police say. <br /> <br />The bird’s body was discovered near a parking lot and was identified by the number 53 on its wing, the BBC reported. <br /> <br />“A witness had spotted the dead penguin at a fence alongside a parking lot at 8:30 this morning,” Mannheim police spokesman Michael Klump told NBC News. <br /> <br />Some German press reports say the penguin was decapitated, according to the BBC. <br /> <br />The penguin went missing on Saturday from its enclosure in Luisenpark, a city park in Mannheim that has attractions for children. <br /> <br />Park officials asked for the public’s help to find the bird after it was discovered missing. <br /> <br />The penguin’s remains are being examined at a veterinary hospital, police said. <br /> <br />The prosecutor’s office in Mannheim has launched an investigation to find the culprit. <br /> <br />Humboldt penguins are found on the Pacific coast of South America and the offshore islands of Peru and Chile.
