Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe WEST GREENWICH, R.I., Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A Rhode Island man said he recaptured an escaped emu running rampant through town with the help of an animal control officer. West Greenwich Police Chief Ronald Lepre said animal control Officer Wendy Tavares was dispatched after a resident called police with a report of a "big chicken" running through a yard and she soon made contact with the bird's owner, Jon Lonngren, The Providence (R.I.) Journal reported Wednesday. Advertisement Lonngren said the emu and three others are kept enclosed by an electric fence, but something apparently spooked the bird Monday and it ran straight through the barrier. "They get spooked real easy. If something spooks them and they start running, there's not much that can stop them," he said of the large flightless birds, which are native to Australia. Tavares, who helped recapture another escaped emu from Lonngren's farm a few months ago, said she and the bird's owner were able to get a rope around its legs, grab it by the neck and lead it into her animal control vehicle. It jumped right in and laid down on the ride home. It seemed to like the ride. When we got it back to the Lonngren house, we let it walk right back into its pen," Tavares said. Advertisement