Double Double please: Flamingo escapes from Granby Zoo, ends up at Tim Hortons
Posted November 18, 2021 4:45 pm.
Last Updated November 18, 2021 6:31 pm.
Did you happen to see a flamingo at a Tim Hortons in Granby? Your eyes weren’t deceiving you!
The flamingo escaped from Granby Zoo on Wednesday morning.
Photo of the escaped flamingo. (Screen grab from Granby Zoo video)
“To reassure everyone, there wasn’t a sale on shrimp at the IGA or a special on coffee at Tim Hortons,” joked Karl Fournier, director of animal care at Granby Zoo, in a video posted to social media.
“For reasons unknown, the flamingo escaped and flew away from its group. Our team rapidly mobilized and it was captured in a calm manner.”
The zoo says that the flamingo is doing well. Back in April 2018, a leopard managed to escape from its habitat in the zoo, but was always within the facilities compound and came back on his own. No one, including the animal, was injured.
