From the Centre Daily Times (again):
MANHEIM, Pa. — Police in central Pennsylvania have shot a stray emu that had been wandering around for days and eventually headed into a residential area.
The large, flightless bird had been criss-crossing the Penn Township and Manheim areas for more than a week. Police say that initially it was mostly in the countryside, so they weren't concerned about it bothering people with its sharp claws.
But the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era reports police decided to shoot it Tuesday after it wandered into a residential area and children were chasing it near a school.
Penn Township police Chief Larry Snavely says authorities shot the animal to protect residents from getting hurt.
He says the emu's carcass has been donated to a wolf sanctuary.
But the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era reports police decided to shoot it Tuesday after it wandered into a residential area and children were chasing it near a school.
Penn Township police Chief Larry Snavely says authorities shot the animal to protect residents from getting hurt.
He says the emu's carcass has been donated to a wolf sanctuary.
There's a good line about this in the comments section of the article on centredaily.com:
ReplyDelete"Freedom's just another word for nothing left Emu."
I'll be that would make Bobby McGee wash his danged bandana. Or was Bobby a woman? I never did figure that out....