Zoo recaptures escaped
flamingo

Wings clipped for second time after
capture

Updated: Wednesday, 19 Nov 2008, 1:39 PM CST
Published : Wednesday, 19 Nov 2008, 2:38 PM CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa zoo has recaptured a flamingo that flew over a Des Moines neighborhood, a golf course and the entire zoo during a 7-hour freedom flight.

Blank Park Zoo workers clipped the adult Chilean flamingo's wings a second time after it was recaptured.

The zoo's flamingos usually don't fly because their wings have been clipped. But zoo spokesman Terry Rich says the birds can molt and regrow those feathers, enabling them to fly.

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