This municipal aquarium at the foot of Canal Street was not flooded by the storm but loss of power meant the temperature spiked killing many of the fish. The penguins were saved and evacuated to penguin shelters.

Rumors that FEMA awarded $2,000 to each penguin are not true. However two pairs are now living in a FEMA trailer park in Baker, Louisiana and 41 more are in hotels across the region. Ron Forman, Director of the Audubon Institute says all the penguins have been accounted for and are well. The FBI denied allegations that they are investigating $61,000 allegedly paid to penguins in September 2005. Judge Elloie pardoned several penguins for violent crimes against phish when Kimberly W. Butler was unable to produce the evidence. Butler claimed the phish were stolen by Ray Nagin in an attempt to discredit her office.

The penguins returned to the Aquarium of the Americas on May 22, 2006. There was significant  fanfare when the penguins landed at Armstrong Airport (in a plane, penguins can't fly). Many of the fish have been replaced and the Aquarium officially reopens this weekend.

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