Post by pavel on Feb 22, 2016 4:18:42 GMT -6
OXFORD, Miss. — It wasn't your usual foot chase. Oxford police caught a homeless emu, with help from some barbed wire.
The Lafayette County Sheriff's Department had been getting calls about a loose emu for days. Each time they tried to catch the big, flightless bird, it got away.
The emu had been a pet, but the owners moved away, Deputy Chief Scott Mills told The Oxford Eagle.
The bird wandered nearly five miles.
Officer Cody Pruitt said a chase Friday ended when the bird got tangled in barbed wire.
Read more: www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/homeless_emu_eludes_mississipp.html
The story has a happy ending, the bird only had scratches and is no longer homeless since a farmer who raises emus agreed to take in the bird.