Flamingo in a Turnstile

Ok. So I read the Red Eye (free version of the Chicago Trib) this morning and stumbled across this little blurb. Here is the verbatim article:
"Flamingo gets stuck in an airport turnstile
Did you hear the one about animal expert Jack Hanna, an 11-month-old-flamingo and an airport turnstile? Hanna became trapped Sunday while trying to squeeze through the turnstile, and it took firefighters to finally get the flamingo out. Hanna, the director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo, was returning from a zoo fundraiser with a mongoose, a small leopard and the flamingo. Three other people were with them."

WHAT THE HELL??

Who just walks into a goddamn airport with a flamingo, a mongoose, and a small leopard??!!! I mean, this blurb simply didn't supply me with enough information. It just left me with more questions. Like:
Were these animals on leashes?
Or in cages?
WHY did the flamingo have to go through the turnstile? Turnstiles are for HUMANS not FLAMINGOS! OF COURSE THE FLAMINGO GOT STUCK! IF TURNSTILES WERE BUILT TO ACCOMODATE FLAMINGOS WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS BLOG NOW WOULD WE??!
WHY did they not just let the flamingo bypass the turnstile? Are we really so wrapped up in National Security we had to treat this flamingo like a potential terrorist and put him through checkpoints humans have to go through? Did the airport security make him take off his shoes and belt too? Did the flamingo have a passport??
Did Jack Hanna attempt to take the flamingo through the turnstil WITH him, rather than just letting the flamingo go throught the turnstile in his own? If so, Jack Hanna...you are a dumbass. Was the flamingo like on a leash and did Jack Hanna just yank him through with him? If so, Jack Hanna...you are a jerk.

...I don't know. Maybe the situation is not as ridiculous as I picture it in my head. I just picture Jack Hanna and a flamingo (let's call him Jorge) tangled up in a turnstile, Jorge trying to free himelf, Jack Hanna screaming at it to stop fidgeting, he's only make it worse. Jorge yelling at Jack Hanna that he doesn't own him and is not the one who got them stuck in an airport turnstile and he'll fidget around as much as he damn well pleases. Then Jorge proceeds to squwak for shrimp. "Shrimp! I need shrimp! SHRIMP! Hurry! My color is fading! I'm stuck in an airport turnstile! I need shrimp!" And Jack Hanna is like, "If I could get a coke and pack of M&Ms that would be cool." And Jorge is like, "Don't bring this man shit. He got a goddamn flamingo stuck in an airport turnstile. He doesn't deserve a rice cake."

Oh yeah, where were the mongoose and small leopard during all this? Were they just haning out? They were probably in the background, trying to pretend like they know everything, telling Jack and Jorge how to get out, "Jorge, dude, just pull your wing out of...no your other wing...now Jack. JACK! Just pull your foot over your head. Now...just-" And Jorge goes, "You guys aren't helping!" And then the small leopard and mongoose get really offended. "Jeez. You try and help someone out and look how they repay you."

What happens if the mongoose runs into Snakes on a Plane? Is there like a huge shakedown? Who wins?

Oh God! This whole situation is just messing with my head! It seems to insane! AHHH!! A mongoose, a small leopard and a FLAMINGO and A JACK HANNA! In an airport. And the flamingo gets stuck in a turnstile!?

...This may be beyond my comprehension a little.

What if this whole situation was just a horrible diversion and part of a terrorist plot to inflitrate airports? Is Jack Hanna in on it? Are Jack Hanna and his flamingo Jorge terrorists?? Because while all this was going on, some of Osama's cronies snuck a nuke they bought from South Korea past the turnstile and onto a plane.
At least that's my feeling.

I really wish I had been there to see this. Although, I think what actually happened isn't as awesome as the scenario playing in my head right now.
Flamingo.
In.
A.
Turnstile.