to help capture the birds. Morace responded to the herding comment, strongly advising against involving dogs, writing that one emu had “already killed 3 [wild] dogs” that attempted to attack.

Maryland State Police confirmed the emu escaped from its owner's property on New Year's Day and has since been seen wandering the town of Mardela Springs. Wicomico County Animal Control investigators ...

GAINESVILLE — A cassowary, a large emu-like flightless bird ... He was the owner of the bird and the farm where the attack occurred. Rhodenizer said the sheriff’s office has begun a death ...

While it’s now recounted mostly as a humorous tale, the Great Emu War offers many insights ... (Dromaius novaehollandiae), large flightless birds native to the Australian outback.