Growing up in South Florida, there was a time that Flamingos were local, but then they all disappeared. We still had a nice little population at Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL. A few years ago, this horrible man went to the fun park, and was wathving the pink flamingos dance. He went into the cage, grabbed one, and killed it, for no reason. Here is a news brief on how the man is not going to stand trial, so sad:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/man-accused-in-killing-of-pinky-busch-gardens-flamingo-found-incompetent/2313603