To ask the Chandler Chamber of Commerce to end the event or at least doĪway with the ostriches. They also called the act of selling ostrich meat and eggs alongside They yelled "get your head out of the sandĬhandler! Animal abuse is not entertaining!" The announcer's stand and held a banner condemning the popular ostrich In 1995, three protesters were arrested after they chained themselves to
This year attendees can expect new festivities such as:Īn area where adults and children can play with drones.Īttendees with small kids can check out the Hatchimals booth as they willīe raffling out two of the highly sought after toys each day of theīut the festival has ruffled a few feathers as well. Study next year to examine the revenue the festival brings into the city, The chamber plans to conduct an economic impact The festival is expected to bring approximately 100,000 people from Friday Ostrich Festival to the list of facts you'd find under their caps Snapple got in on the fun too and added the Letter: Ostrich Festival revels in animals' fearĮven National Geographic and the Travel Channel have filmed at theįestival, Terri Kimble, Chandler Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, Ostriches, beer and folk music this weekend Starring Whitney Houston, who filmed a scene at the festival. The event brought in celebrities with the 1995 film "Waiting to Exhale" Festival-goers in 1990 surpassed attendanceĪt the Grand Prix that was taking place in the streets of Phoenix at the Unlike the birds themselves, the festival took flight and became one of the The city eventually decided on Tumbleweed The festival was held in downtown Chandler but had to find a new venue as The festival commemorated the city's unique connection to the large birds The Ostrich Festival replaced what used to be the city's annual springįestival as the city wanted to do something "more unique," Crago said. In the form of the annual Ostrich Festival. Re-emerge, going as far as to keep boxes of "thousands of feathers" in hisīut it wasn't until 1988 that ostriches came back to Chandler in a big way, Chandler held out hope the feathered fashions would Start of World War I slowed the ostrich trade in Arizona and nationally.įlashy clothes and large feathered hats were falling out of style,Įspecially since Americans were being urged to help in the war effort,Ĭrago said. However, like all good things, it came to an end. The landscape by the hundreds" and there seemed no end in sight for the Chandler tried to corner the ostrich market but eventually wasīy 1914, the Chandler Arizonan was reporting that ostriches "dot His ranch in Mesa and his success spurred other local ranchers to follow Twelve years later, in 1905, the doctor had a large herd of ostriches at Them at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Chandler Museum The doctor was among the first to bring the birds to Arizona after he saw The man most associated with the large flightless birds and Arizona is none Source: Paige McNickle, senior keeper at Phoenix Zoo Ostriches can run at speeds of up to 50 mph for 30 miles. During mating season, female ostriches can lay an egg every three daysĪnd mating season lasts five to six months. Ostriches are one of the oldest species of birds on the planet. The North African species of Ostrich is considered "critically Ostriches are the only birds with two toes. All the ostriches in North America are "hybrids" of other breeds and are The first ostriches imported into the United States were brought to
Ostriches are omnivores, meaning they eat meat and vegetables. Ostriches have the largest eyes of all land animals. Share of controversy with organizations such as PETA calling for an end toīut how did the festival start and, better yet, why? Ostriches, or Struthio camelus if you’re fancy, have a long history The city's 29th annual ostrich festival begins Friday, March 10, and willįeature performances by the Gin Blossoms and the Spin Doctors, alongside an The Chandler Arizonan said “Ostriches are all the rage inĬhandler” in 1914 and they’re still the talk of the town more But the main attraction is the ostrich races in which handlers race the birds, which weigh more than 200 pounds, on their backs.Ĭorrections & clarifications: A previous version of the story was Now, the festival has music, food, rides and a score of events. Chandler, is said to have had a farm of ostriches, whose plumes were used in women's hats in the 1900s. Gawk at the large birds at the Chandler Ostrich Festival in March. 15 March 2017 A brief history of the Chandler Ostrich Festival As published in: The Arizona Republic
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