TAMPA, Fla. – A Florida man was arrested Friday on suspicion that he threw a rock at a flamingo at Busch Gardens and injured it.
Witnesses told police they saw Julian Antonio Marquez, 19, of Lehigh Acres, throw a rock at the bird in the flamingo display area about 6 p.m. The flamingo was injured when it was knocked to the ground by the rock.
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Marquez faces charges of aggravated cruelty to animals.
An official with Busch Gardens said the flamingo is back with the flock and is doing fine.
