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Runaway Emu Leads Sheriff’s Corporal on 45-Minute Chase
An emu named Tina escaped from a farm in Florida last Friday. Body camera footage captured a sheriff’s office corporal chasing the large bird and eventually putting it in handcuffs.
I’ll be honest with you, I’ve never handcuffed an emu before, but they’ll fit around his legs and that’ll keep him from kicking. In you go. There you go. Oh, look — look who’s got you now. Don’t move, don’t move. Not yet, not yet, not yet. Don’t look at me that way — hey, hey, don’t bite me. Don’t even think about it. Don’t do it. Are you done resisting? I don’t want to have to charge you. Don’t talk back to me. Now you’re behaving, aren’t you? Secured.
An emu named Tina escaped from a farm in Florida last Friday. Body camera footage captured a sheriff’s office corporal chasing the large bird and eventually putting it in handcuffs.
By Jorge Mitssunaga
January 15, 2026
