Missing emu – called Rodney – found by police after going on the run in Loose, near Maidstone

Missing emu – called Rodney – found by police after going on the run in Loose, near Maidstone

ITN News Hour

An emu was reported on the loose…in Loose this afternoon.

Police were alerted after the animal – kept as a pet – escaped from a nearby property in Loose, near Maidstone.

Police received a call this afternoon that an Emu had gone missing in the Maidstone area. Picture: Kent PolicePolice received a call this afternoon that an Emu had gone missing in the Maidstone area. Picture: Kent Police
Police received a call this afternoon that an Emu had gone missing in the Maidstone area. Picture: Kent Police
Officers returned the Emu, who is called Rodney, safely to his owners. Picture: Kent PoliceOfficers returned the Emu, who is called Rodney, safely to his owners. Picture: Kent Police
Officers returned the Emu, who is called Rodney, safely to his owners. Picture: Kent Police

Called Rodney, the emu’s brief adventure ended happily with him being spotted by police and returned to his home.

Images show Rodney standing next to a police car before walking towards the front door of a house.

A spokesman for police said: “At around 1.10pm officers on patrol in Maidstone assisted with returning an emu that had escaped from a residential property in the Loose area.”

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