This story makes me feel very bad.  I've never understood wanton cruelty like this, sadism it seems.  Harming something simply for the sake of harming it.  I read a book suggesting that animal cruelty at zoos is surprisingly common.  I'm not sure if that's true but I certainly thought about it as I read this.  And again, I don't understand it.  Maybe it's related to hunting, which I've also never fully understood.  Like, if you're hunting to eat I get it.  And believe me, I understand "sport."  But I don't know what the sport is in hiding in the bushes and then shooting something that doesn't know you're there.  Anyway, this is similarly pointless and makes me feel terrible.  I imagine the guy breaking the flamingos long neck.  Just pointless and awful.