Feral and untrained emus Thelma and Louise are on the loose in South Carolina. Sam Morace, owner of the birds, said the pair decided to hop the fence when he was trying to grab one of them to move her to another paddock. Unlike the emus Morace keeps at his home, Thelma and Louise are used to living in the wild. The large, flightless creatures are the second largest living bird, with an average height of more than 5½ feet. Females, like the pair that escaped, can weigh more than 130 pounds. Morace took to social media to draw attention to the escaped birds, with one person suggesting that herding dogs could help. Morace said that one of the emus had been attacked by 3 wild dogs before and the bird would likely kill any dog that approached her. Some community members said they had spotted the birds, but so far there has been no confirmed sighting of the escapees. Meanwhile, Morace is in the process of getting a tranquilizer approved so when they are spotted, officials can safely bring them home. Horry County Police Department posted on their Facebook page that there is no risk to the community associated with the emus at this time.
