Flamingo euthanized after child injures it throwing rock into zoo exhibit

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'Staff determined the best course of action given the animal's injuries was to euthanize the bird,' the zoo's director said.

The bird was euthanized Monday at Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois, in what zoo Director Jay Tetzloff called"a truly unfortunate accident.

" The bird was euthanized Monday at Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois, in what zoo Director Jay Tetzloff called"a truly unfortunate accident." Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/22/flamingo-miller-park-zoo-bloomington-illinois-euthanized/3766759002/

 

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What did they do to the child? Did they hold the parents responsible?

The flamingo should’ve been aborted years ago in its mother’s egg so it would’ve never had to been imprisoned in this godforsaken zoo and suffer the pain from the throwing of rocks from an unruly homo sapien.

Harambe 2.0. When will it stop harambeforever

“Unfortunate accident”? A juvenile should have known better!

Accident my ass. That kid was throwing rocks at flamingos. He knew what he was doing and had intent to injure a bird.

Zoos are the worst... How would that little shit like it if someone threw rocks at them?

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