“Pinky was a beloved member of the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay family and made many appearances on behalf of the park’s conservation and education efforts,” Varga-Sinka said in the statement. Pinky, a Chilean flamingo, suffered “traumatic injuries” in the Tuesday night incident, Karen Varga-Sinka, a spokeswoman for Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Adventure Island, said in an emailed statement. Pinky liked to dance for guests at the park, Varga-Sinka said in her email. A flamingo is dead after an incident at Busch Gardens in Tampa, in which the bird was allegedly thrown by a Florida man and left with injuries so severe that it needed to be euthanized, authorities said. The flamingo was rushed to an animal-care center, but veterinarians decided that its injuries were too great.

Source: Washington Post August 03, 2016 16:54 UTC