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Emu evades police for days, until it’s caught in barbed wire
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.
Deputy Chief Scott Mills tells The Oxford Eagle (http://bit.ly/1QTiOrV ) that it had been a pet, but the owners moved away.
The bird wandered nearly five miles.
Officer Cody Pruitt says a chase Friday ended when the bird got tangled in barbed wire,
He says its neck was merely scratched. He untangled it, made a leash from rope, and Mounted Patrol Commander David Misenhelter led the emu into a horse trailer.
Pruitt says a farmer who already had emus agreed to take the bird.
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