NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — An unexpected guest has been staying at Metro Animal Care and Control: a female emu named Picasso.
Picasso escaped from her Mt. Juliet home through an open door latch on Thursday, April 23, and was found nearly a mile away. Unlike Ed the zebra, who was on the loose for eight days in Rutherford County, the emu was only missing for a few hours.
Following an investigation into calls about an emu on the run, animal control officers were able to find and corral Picasso into a trailer they renovated for her needs, according to MACC spokesperson Matt Peters.
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“The owner reached out to us right away. We talked with them. The emu’s very well taken care of at home. [It] turned out the latch just gave way on the gate,” Peters told News 2 on Friday, April 24…