| Hialeah flamingos find new homes in zoos across U.S. Associated Press - July 28, 2007 3:35 PM ET HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) - The Oklahoma City Zoo will be among the newest homes for pink flamingos bred at a former South Florida race track. The Oklahoma City Zoo's curator of birds recently claimed 20 flamingo eggs from Hialeah Park in Miami and brought them home in a cooler. Curator Darcy Henthorn says there will be a lot of work to do once the eggs hatch. The birds will be hand-reared. Hialeah Park hasn't held a horse race since 2001, but the 300 flamingos that once flew over the track still live inside its racing oval. The Miami Metrozoo collects some of Hialeah's flamingo eggs and distributes them across the country. Among others that recently picked up unhatched flamingos from the dormant race track were the St. Louis Zoo, the Bronx Zoo and the Birmingham Zoo. The Tulsa Zoo received an earlier batch. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. |
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