Hanging out reading the paper while huge snowflakes fall outside my window--our first real snowfall and close to two inches now, with the snow still falling.
This story about an escaped emu (from an animal sanctuary in the northern part of this state) was a little different from the rest of the depressing news on the front page of the
This story about an escaped emu (from an animal sanctuary in the northern part of this state) was a little different from the rest of the depressing news on the front page of the
Providence Journal's Sunday edition. The pig in the picture is who assisted with the escape by lifting the latch to the gate with her snout.
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FOSTER — The pig let the emu out of the pasture.
She’s a big pig. The emu, of course, is even bigger: 6 feet tall and 130 pounds. The pig used her snout to lift the livestock gate right off its hinges, and all three of Pamela Hood’s emus took off.
There was no catching them. The emu can sprint up to 30 mph. For reasons known only to emu experts, the mommy and baby emus returned home. But daddy is still on the run.
His name is Emer. His favorite food is grapes. And he’s got an emu egg back home that he should be sitting on. (Daddy emus incubate the eggs.)
“He has a wife and a kid,” Hood said by phone yesterday. “They’re missing him. I can tell they’re distressed. They’re not eating like they normally do. They’re pacing the fence line. They’re calling…”
By calling she means the deep, strumming noise that emus make.
It’s been nearly three weeks since the emu ran off. Since then, the daddy has roamed miles of woods, visiting the backyard of a Burrillville home along the way. He has eluded animal control officers and withstood three rounds of darted tranquilizers. An attempt to capture him with a stronger tranquilizer, Hood said, will be made today or tomorrow.
She’s a big pig. The emu, of course, is even bigger: 6 feet tall and 130 pounds. The pig used her snout to lift the livestock gate right off its hinges, and all three of Pamela Hood’s emus took off.
There was no catching them. The emu can sprint up to 30 mph. For reasons known only to emu experts, the mommy and baby emus returned home. But daddy is still on the run.
His name is Emer. His favorite food is grapes. And he’s got an emu egg back home that he should be sitting on. (Daddy emus incubate the eggs.)
“He has a wife and a kid,” Hood said by phone yesterday. “They’re missing him. I can tell they’re distressed. They’re not eating like they normally do. They’re pacing the fence line. They’re calling…”
By calling she means the deep, strumming noise that emus make.
It’s been nearly three weeks since the emu ran off. Since then, the daddy has roamed miles of woods, visiting the backyard of a Burrillville home along the way. He has eluded animal control officers and withstood three rounds of darted tranquilizers. An attempt to capture him with a stronger tranquilizer, Hood said, will be made today or tomorrow.
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You can read the rest here.
I hope all ends well for this bird on the loose and that he'll soon be safely reunited with his emu family at the farm.
6 comments:
Put a bowl of grapes in a visible spot on your property and maybe YOU can catch him. Sounds like a story from Dr. Seuss. Who is sitting on his egg? Hopefully not the pig. Updates please. ♥Rosemary
Well, it is snowing here, too! Snowfall warning, in fact!! We may be snowed in!!
What a cute story! I love it. Updates would be wonderful!!
Wow... now that is a different story!!! :) Cute... but I too hope there will be a happy ending soon!!
BTW, I forgot to thank you for that "Bambi" story... I loved it!! Just so sweet!!
How interesting lol. Hope it returns. It probably needed to get away from the pressures a little while :)
not snowing in germany at the moment...am really hoping we have a white xmas this year.
So far, Emer is still loose. Poor creature...it is so miserably cold and wet out--I wonder how he is surviving. And I do feel for the sanctuary owner, too--she must be absolutely sick with worry and sadness. And the female emu and the little one, too...
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