Authorities told WPLG that 45-year-old Joseph Anthony Carrao reached into an animal pen in Jambo Junction, picked up a flamingo named “Pinky” and threw it to the ground.
Pinky, a 15-year-old Chilean flamingo, was injured so badly it needed to be euthanized.
Carrao arrested and taken to the Hillsborough County Jail on charges of animal cruelty.
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This article appears in Aug 3-9, 2016.
