Pink Plastic Flamingo Faces Extinction

Pink Plastic Flamingo Faces Extinction As Massachusetts Factory Stops Making Lawn Ornaments

But the original version of the plastic flamingo may be singing its swan song after inspiring countless pranks and being alternately celebrated as a tribute to one of nature's most graceful creatures and derided as the epitome of American pop culture kitsch.

Union Products Inc. stopped producing flamingos and other lawn ornaments at its Leominster factory in June, and is going out of business, a victim of rising expenses for plastic resin and electricity, as well financing problems.  [ MORE ]