About 20 ostriches escaped from their enclosure in Alberta, Canadaand tried to escape from the police who were chasing the birds.
Footage captured by a witness on Thursday shows a police car approaching the ostrich as it runs along the road. The passenger in the vehicle then reaches out to grab the animal by the neck, but is unable to hold on. The ostrich falls to the ground briefly before starting to run away.
Animal sites recommend grabbing an ostrich by the neck to force it down and prevent it from pecking, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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About 20 ostriches escaped from their enclosure in Alberta, Canada, and tried to escape from police who were chasing the birds.
The Taber police service said officers from the police and its regional community standards unit were dealing with ostriches and that the birds were causing a traffic hazard on the way out of the city. The police service assisted the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in apprehending the ostriches so that the owners of the animals could safely trap them.
All escaped ostriches belong to one person.
Most of the ostriches were caught Thursday, but RCMP media relations officer Cpl. Troy Savinkoff told the CBC that efforts to protect the rest of them are still exhausted.
A passenger in a police car was recorded reaching out to grab the ostrich by the neck but unable to hold on. The animal falls to the ground briefly before running away.
RCMP often assist with trapping horses and cattle, but do not expect to respond to free-ranging ostriches.
“Certainly the ostrich is something we’re much less familiar with, and I can confirm that the particular investigator who received their first report did not anticipate ostriches being chased during that shift,” Savinkoff said.
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Ostriches on the way out of the city created a traffic hazard, the 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 fastest running birds in the world, capable of moving continuously at speeds of 30 to 37 miles per hour and reaching speeds of up to 43 miles per hour, according to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Institute of Biological Sciences.
