Owner Bibi Hasenaar heard from her neighbor that Birdy was seen. “She said,” I have an emu in my garden. I think yours is. ” When that indeed turned out to be the missing Birdy, the difficult part came: catching the emu.
“That was not fun,” says Bibi. “Certainly not for her either.” Catching an emu is actually ‘not to do’, she says. “It is quite a huge beast and they are pretty strong. The best is that you sit on her. I am 60 kilos, but she just throws you off.”
‘A lot of stress’
Emoes can injure people with their nails, Bibi knows. “They are sharp, but it is actually their only weapon. I have caught an emu before, but that was Tam. Birdy is very shy, even though we have had her since she is young. Catching has a lot of stress with her. Emoes can die of this. “
Now that Birdy is back with her owners, according to Bibi, it is questionable whether she will make it. “She doesn’t look good,” Bibi concludes. “She did eat something after four days. Emoes don’t do that if they have a lot of stress, so that’s hopeful.”
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