An emu spotted wandering loose through a residential neighborhood in Pleasanton, Calif., was lassoed by an animal services officer and a community services officer who both grew up on farms. Photo courtesy of the Pleasanton Police Department
"This was called in by several residents, as the emu was sitting in the front yard of a residence off of Blessing Drive," Pleasanton police Lt. Kurt Schlehuber told the Pleasanton Weekly.
Ayers and Martin, who both had animal-wrangling experience from growing up on farms, were able to lasso the flightless Australian bird and take it to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office's animal shelter, where it was reunited with its owner.
