Dudley Zoo flamingos grounded as winds hit 30mph. . .
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Dudley Zoo's flamingos have been grounded after high winds threatened to carry them away!
Keepers were concerned that the seven birds would be swept off as stormy winds picked up speed across the zoo’s 40-acre site.
DZG CEO, Peter Suddock, said: “At one point yesterday (Thursday) the winds got up to about 30mph and although the flamingos’ wings have been clippped so they cannot fly, they are still able to glide and for this reason we made the decision to put them in their internal enclosure until the winds died down.”
Elsewhere across the site speeds of up to 45mph were recorded and access to the keep area of the 11th century Dudley Castle was cordoned off to visitors.
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