Ostriches try to evade the police after escaping from the Canadian enclosure
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About 20 ostriches escaped from their enclosure in Alberta, Canada, and tried to escape police chasing the birds.
Footage filmed by a witness on Thursday shows a police car driving up to an ostrich running down the road. A passenger in the vehicle then reaches out to grab the animal by the neck, but cannot hold on. The ostrich briefly falls to the ground before starting to run away.
According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, animal websites recommend grabbing an ostrich by the neck to force it down and prevent it from pecking.
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About 20 ostriches escaped from their enclosure in Alberta, Canada, and tried to escape police chasing the birds.
The Taber Police Service said members of the police force and its regional community standards unit dealt with the ostriches and that the birds created traffic hazards as they left the city. The police service assisted the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in confining the ostriches so that the animals’ owners could safely capture them.
The escaped ostriches all belong to the same person.
Most of the ostriches were captured Thursday, but RCMP media relations officer Cpl. Troy Savinkoff told the CBC that efforts to secure the rest were still being exhausted.
A passenger in a police vehicle was filmed reaching out to grab an ostrich by the neck but unable to hold on. The animal falls to the ground briefly before starting to run away.
RCMP often help capture horses and cattle, but do not expect to respond to loose ostriches.
“The ostrich is certainly something we are much less familiar with, and I can confirm that the particular investigator who received his first report did not anticipate chasing ostriches during this shift,” Savinkoff said.
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Ostriches leaving the city created traffic hazards, police said.
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One of the persecuted ostriches was hit by a car and died after escaping from its enclosure.
Ostriches are the world’s fastest running bird, able to travel continuously at speeds of 30 to 37 miles per hour and can sprint up to 43 miles per hour, according to the National Zoo’s Institute of Biology and Conservation Smithsonian.
