Flamingos

North Carolina Zoo to send flamingos to South Carolina

North Carolina Zoo to send flamingos to South Carolina

Flamingos will be leaving North Carolina Zoo. (Photo courtesy of NC Zoo)   ASHEBORO – Flamingos are leaving the North Carolina Zoo. A flock of 15 Chilean flamingos will be moved to the Greenville Zoo in South Carolina by late September. A “Farewell Flamingos” event was held Saturday at the zoo. Some of the flamingos in the flock are from the original flock that arrived at the zoo in August 1982. The aviary closed in April 2022 because of its age. In order to demolish the building that housed the aviary, the flamingos had to be moved, according to information…
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