It was last week that apparent mischief allowed some cows and 11 emus to escape from property outside of Danville. As of Monday afternoon, all animals had been safely caught except for one emu, which was last seen somewhere near Fithian. Although emus cannot fly, they can move at a high rate of speed.
Ann Puzey from the Vermilion County animal shelter says, playing careless games with animals, emus especially, is a not a good idea. Fortunately, some great work has been done to bring in those who had escaped.
AUDIO: Emus are wild animals. They don’t like to be rushed or anything. They are more scared of you than you are of them. But they are bigger and don’t know how to move their bodies sometimes. The officer on call this weekend had some friends of hers and employees that were at some of the locations. They kind of cornered them in, and were able to wrangle them in that way.
Puzzy says if you see the loose emu, or any other wild animal, call 9-1-1, and they will contact proper authorities.
