Emu found near Hemet, now search is on for owners
Are you missing an emu? If so Riverside Animal Control wants to hear from you!
An emu was impounded Tuesday by two Riverside County Animal Services officers. A Good Samaritan confined the roaming emu in a five-acre ranch property, near Jojoba Hills Circle and Soaring Hawk Road in the Aguanga area, southeast of Hemet.
Animal Control first heard about the roaming emu over the weekend but was unable to find the wandering bird. On Tuesday, thanks to the owner of the ranch property, the emu was safe inside the fenced land. The owner of the land also provided the 5-foot bird food and water.
Two animal control officers were able to easily place the emu inside a trailer and transport him to the San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus in San Jacinto. The bird will be cared for until the rightful owners show up to claim the unique pet.
“We definitely believe the bird to be a pet,” said Carra Mathewson, one of the officers that retrieved the emu. “He’s definitely very tame. Someone owns him and somehow he got loose. Either that, or he was purposely abandoned. But we’re hopeful that somehow the bird just managed to roam and the owner is out looking for him.”
