GINEITISKES – There may be more than 100 of them in neighboring Poland, but the small farm established near Vilnius in the Gineitiskes village is certainly a first for Lithuania. It's a ostrich farm. Already, children from Vilnius schools delight in coming to see the giant birds, as they preen themselves in a fenced-in area."The idea of creating such a farm occurred to me after I accidentally visited an ostrich farm in Poland. With 100 of them, such farms are not exotic anymore there," said Alvydas Cepas, director of the Gineitiskes Ostrich Center.The center bought six ostriches at 8,000 l...
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