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Colorado police wrangle emu on the loose in Lakewood
UPI ^ | 8/19/25 | Ben Hooper

Posted on 08/20/2025 9:16:53 AM PDT by DallasBiff

Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A Colorado police department said officers had a "pretty emu-sing day" when a large, flightless bird was spotted running loose in Lakewood.

The Lakewood Police Department posted photos to social media showing the emu officers found "playing in the street" in the Colfax and Quail area.

"We had a pretty emu-sing day here at LPD today," the post said. "Your eyes aren't tricking you. That's an emu!"

Officers worked together with animal control and the Regional Transportation District police to wrangle the Australian animal and return it home.

"No word on if Doug was waiting for him or not," police wrote

(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: colorado; emu
Publicity stunt by an insurance company? Who knows.

They look like dangerous birds, like rabid democrats.

1 posted on 08/20/2025 9:16:53 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Mr VASKYPILOT and I once saw an emu in Shenandoah National Park. The Park service had a local wild life expert capture it. We spoke to him afterward. He said the main concern is injury to the bird.


2 posted on 08/20/2025 9:21:27 AM PDT by vaskypilot
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To: DallasBiff

At least they didn’t end up killing this one like the one in Arizona a few weeks ago.


3 posted on 08/20/2025 9:22:07 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (‘Never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals’)
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To: DallasBiff

4 posted on 08/20/2025 9:22:40 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: DallasBiff

Was he selling insurance?...................


5 posted on 08/20/2025 9:22:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: DallasBiff

“Feral emus” sounds like the name of a punk rock group.


6 posted on 08/20/2025 9:25:34 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (The Democrat breadlines will be gluten-free. )
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To: vaskypilot

Main concern should have been where could they find an fry tank big enough.


7 posted on 08/20/2025 9:26:41 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: DallasBiff

No, they were a thing for a while then everyone cut them loose.

I have a colony that survives on my ranch, origin unknown.

I’ve shot them before. Taste like old tough turkey.

They like to follow cows and are pretty skittish to predators, which alerts the mamma cows, so I’m leaving them alone now.


8 posted on 08/20/2025 9:27:48 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: Magnum44

Liberty, Liberty, Liberty……


9 posted on 08/20/2025 9:31:51 AM PDT by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. )
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To: DallasBiff

They look like domesticated, deweaponized Cassowary Birds.
Cassowarys could open a can of green peas just using the front of their claws.


10 posted on 08/20/2025 9:32:20 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Magnum44

You gotta admit-that is absolutely advertising that works!

I guarantee that nearly every person in the USA who reads this article thinks about insurance. Damn. That must make their advertising department swoon...:)


11 posted on 08/20/2025 9:39:19 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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To: DallasBiff

Only pay for what you need


12 posted on 08/20/2025 9:49:08 AM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: DallasBiff

Where’s Doug?


13 posted on 08/20/2025 9:53:01 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: TheThirdRuffian
I have a colony that survives on my ranch, origin unknown.

Life [insurance].. finds a way.

14 posted on 08/20/2025 9:56:34 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: DallasBiff

If you hold your hands behind your back, stick your neck out and take long steps, you can emulate an emu.


15 posted on 08/20/2025 9:59:42 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
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If you hold your hands behind your back, stick your neck out and take long steps, you can emulate an emu.

If you then stick your head into your lower orifice, you can emulate a Democrat.

16 posted on 08/20/2025 10:25:03 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: bunkerhill7

Don’t grab an emu by the neck.
They’ll kick your ass.


17 posted on 08/20/2025 11:43:17 AM PDT by misanthrope (Deranged, sinister, deplorable troll)
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To: DallasBiff

I think it’s Limu, escaped from Doug!


18 posted on 08/20/2025 3:12:15 PM PDT by citizen (A transgender male competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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