Lonely Michigan penguin given new home after sister ditches her for mate

Don moving from Children's Zoo in Saginaw to zoo in Pennsylvania

(From Children's Zoo Facebook page)

SAGINAW, Mich. – Don't you just hate it when your sister spends all her time with her boyfriend instead of you?

It happens to the best of us, including Don - a penguin at the Children's Zoo at Celebration Square.

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The zoo said that Don and her sister, Dewey, were inseparable until Bamm-Bamm was brought in to be Dewey's mate in 2014 as part of a conservation effort. Since then, Dewey hasn't had much time for her sister, and "it became clear that none of the other penguins seemed interested in being Don's friend," the zoo said in a post on their Facebook page.

Don will be joining a new flock of "mostly single male penguins" at the LeHigh Valley Zoo in Pennsylvania, the zoo said.

"Our hope for Don is that she will make MANY new penguin friends (and maybe even a boyfriend!)," the zoo said.