- Target:
- Kids aged 5,6, and 8
- Region:
- Czech Republic
- Website:
- www.cnn.com
They killed a male flamingo and injured another, zoo officials said
The children are aged 5, 6 and 8
(CNN) - Three kids snuck into the flamingo enclosure at a Czech zoo and attacked a colony of the terrified birds with baseball-sized rocks.
They killed a male flamingo and injured another, zoo officials said.
"It's a shame because the flamingos can grow very old," said Martin Malac, a spokesman for the Jihlava Zoo, told CNN. "They live 30 to 40 years normally. Flamingos in captive breeding can live 70 or 80 years."
The incident took place last week when the children -- ages 5, 6 and 8 -- broke into the Jihlava Zoo, located about 80 miles south of Prague.
The zoo maintenance crew ran to check on the birds when they heard strange noises from inside the enclosure, Malac said.
The male flamingo had a mate and 8 small chicks. He was 16 years old.
The injured flamingo is being treated.
The attack was a "big stress" to the group because "it was before mating season," Malac said.
The damage is estimated to be around $1,985.
We, the undersigned, call on the UN to take action on the children by enforcing them to see a psycologist or pay a bigger fine for doing this cruelty of stoning an animal to death and also when they come of age be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law or there parents should be prosecuted.
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