LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - A former state lawmaker’s emu that has been missing since Thanksgiving is safely back at its home near Las Cruces.
Former state Rep. Brad Cates learned his emu had resurfaced last week thanks to a barrage of images people shared on social media, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported Sunday.
Pictures of the emu around a subdivision near Cates’ home prompted inquiries from a state livestock inspector and a game warden. Later that day, Cates with some help corralled the 150-pound (68-kilogram) emu named “Hey You!”
Cates was also the Republican nominee for Dona Ana County district attorney in 2016. He lost to Mark D’Antonio.
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