A young Humboldt penguin named Lucky was born with a leg that was not growing properly, causing sores to develop where pressure was put on the wrong parts of his foot. These sores could have turned into a life-threatening condition if a solution wasn't found. 

Penguins normally walk on their padded toes, but Lucky's condition forced him to walk on his unpadded heel. Veterinarians wrapped his foot and padded his ankle but these materials would become wet and heavy, thus affecting Lucky's ability to swim.

So the idea for a protective shoe was hatched when the zookeeper, recalled that Teva had developed a special shoe for an elephant with foot issues. So the zookeeper enquired to see if Teva could make a little penguin shoe suitable for Lucky.

With Teva's historic background in developing footwear for water adventures they instantly took on the challenge. Due to the language barrier it was a trial and error process to figure out what Lucky liked, and what he didn't.  With each new version the boot was adapted until Lucky was happy with the finished product.

It really is a great story with a life-saving outcome and you can watch Lucky's story and how Teva got involved in the video below: