The search is on in Wayne County for a missing bird; a six-foot-tall missing bird. The owner said the bird escaped last weekend and has been on the run ever since.
"It just climbed the wire and went over. It just went over the chain link fence," said Andy Burr at his home in Dyberry Township, near Honesdale.
Burr is searching for his 23-year-old pet emu. The ostrich-type bird escaped from its pen Saturday after Burr said a neighborhood dog tried to attack the animal. The bird has been on the run ever since.
"We saw him Sunday. We ran all day Sunday trying to chase him through the fields and stuff, no good," Burr said. "Yesterday we couldn't find him."
According to Burr, the emu was part of a zoo he operated on his property back in the 1980s and 1990s, and this isn't the first time one of the birds has escaped. Two weeks ago Burr said two emus got out of their pen after the same neighborhood dog tried to attack them.
"When you live next door to somebody that used to have a zoo, you do encounter some of these problems. We've had donkeys here before and now we are looking for the emu," said neighbor Francine Vendetti. She owns Ponderosa Pines Campground across the street and said her search for the emu has turned up empty.
Burr said catching an emu can be tricky because the bird is about six feet tall, can run up to 35 miles an hour and, if cornered, can be dangerous.
"You don't want to try and grab them because they are dangerous," said Burr. "They have dangerous feet. They can kick you with their feet and do you a lot of damage."
If you come across the emu, Burr stressed not to try to catch it yourself. Instead he said contact the local game warden.
"It just climbed the wire and went over. It just went over the chain link fence," said Andy Burr at his home in Dyberry Township, near Honesdale.
Burr is searching for his 23-year-old pet emu. The ostrich-type bird escaped from its pen Saturday after Burr said a neighborhood dog tried to attack the animal. The bird has been on the run ever since.
"We saw him Sunday. We ran all day Sunday trying to chase him through the fields and stuff, no good," Burr said. "Yesterday we couldn't find him."
According to Burr, the emu was part of a zoo he operated on his property back in the 1980s and 1990s, and this isn't the first time one of the birds has escaped. Two weeks ago Burr said two emus got out of their pen after the same neighborhood dog tried to attack them.
"When you live next door to somebody that used to have a zoo, you do encounter some of these problems. We've had donkeys here before and now we are looking for the emu," said neighbor Francine Vendetti. She owns Ponderosa Pines Campground across the street and said her search for the emu has turned up empty.
Burr said catching an emu can be tricky because the bird is about six feet tall, can run up to 35 miles an hour and, if cornered, can be dangerous.
"You don't want to try and grab them because they are dangerous," said Burr. "They have dangerous feet. They can kick you with their feet and do you a lot of damage."
If you come across the emu, Burr stressed not to try to catch it yourself. Instead he said contact the local game warden.
