CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An escaped emu sent Brevard County deputies and animal control officers on a wild chase Friday night in Cape Canaveral.
The evasive emu escaped from a home on Lincoln Avenue, witnesses said.
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Officials held up blankets and closed in on the large bird in an attempt to corral it.
A viewer who called WFTV said he was walking his dog when it got loose and spooked another man's emu.
He said the emu then led deputies on a foot pursuit through a neighborhood.
An animal control officer eventually subdued the combative bird along State Road A1A.
Photos: Emu sends deputies on wild chase in Cape Canaveral [WFTV]
It was then hogtied and loaded into an animal control vehicle.
The emu was returned to its owner -- albeit with fewer feathers than it had before its escape.