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Police In B.C. Bring Down Emu With Stun Gun

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 14 Aug, 2019 07:56 PM

    Mounties in the Vancouver Island town of Chemainus say they had to resort to drastic measures in an effort to get an errant emu out of the way of highway traffic.


    Police say after several attempts to capture the animal earlier this week, they decided the best course of action was to use a conducted energy weapon to stop the 170-centimetre-tall emu from wandering back onto the road.


    Police say the 45-kilogram animal escaped from a nearby farm and was a safety concern for passing motorists, pedestrians and residents.


    After consulting with animal control officers, police say officers discharged the energy weapon on the emu, quickly secured it and took it to a nearby farm.

     

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