The Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington made headlines with outlets like CBS and CNN after euthanizing a flamingo due to injuries sustained when a youth skipped a rock into the exhibit.

Superintendent of the Miller Park Zoo, Jay Tetzloff, in a written statement to Regional Radio News said quote - "a juvenile guest accidentally injured a flamingo on Monday by skipping a rock into the habitat. Unfortunately, staff determined the best course of action given the animal's injuries was to euthanize the bird. This was a truly unfortunate accident, and we are working with the juvenile's family to move forward."

The flamingo exhibit is just a couple years old and was one of the first major projects of a master plan approved roughly five years ago.