22 Emus Clubbed to Death, Police Say
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Penned in and unable to escape, 22 emus were clubbed to death by a man frustrated by his financial losses in breeding the flightless birds, police said Saturday. The man and his brother were trying to relocate the emus but could not move the birds, so they allegedly began beating them with a baseball bat. Sgt. Clyde Davis said police responded to a neighbor’s call and found the dead birds. Police confiscated a baseball bat, and Davis said the men could be charged with cruelty to animals.
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