23 May 2007: A Job for The Boys

While the row about same-sex marriage rumbles on in England, the flamingos at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust near Bristol have the issue sorted.

Two male flamingos, Carlos and Fernando, have been together for six years, and are now being given the chance to adopt an abandoned chick.

According to a spokeswoman for the trust, gay flamingos are not uncommon. "If there aren't enough females or they don't hit it off with them, they will pair off with other males," she said, concluding "Last week, when a nest was abandoned, it seemed like a good idea to make them surrogate parents."