Crime & Safety
Pleasanton Police Make Emu-sing Rescue
See how officers lassoed the bird to reunite it with its owners.
PLEASANTON, CA — Need a moment of levity after a contentious and divisive week in America? Take a look at this emu spotted on a front lawn in Pleasanton Friday and feel your blood pressure drop.
The Pleasanton Police Department received a call Friday after someone noticed the bird wandering around a residential area of the suburban community. If that wasn't enough to raise your eyebrows, keep in mind that the emu is the world's second-largest bird and endemic to Australia.
Corralling such a bird may have been a gargantuan task for the everyman, but it was nothing for Animal Services Officer Frankie Ayers and Community Service Officers Amy Martin, who grew up on farms. They lassoed the emu, calmed it down and brought it to a pen at the Alameda County Sheriff's Office shelter, where it waited Friday afternoon to be reunited with its family.
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Today, we received a report about an emu in someone's front lawn, and we knew Animal Services Officer Frankie Ayers and...
Posted by Pleasanton Police Department on Friday, November 6, 2020
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