{"id":189,"date":"2026-09-14T21:01:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T21:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/?p=189"},"modified":"2026-09-14T21:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T21:01:41","slug":"fugitive-emu-terrorizes-ramapo-drone-cops-win-petting-zoo-breakout-ends-with-zero-injuries-and-maximum-bird-jokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/?p=189","title":{"rendered":"FUGITIVE EMU TERRORIZES RAMAPO \u2014 DRONE COPS WIN! | Petting-zoo breakout ends with zero injuries and maximum bird jokes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ramapo, New York police say they corralled a fugitive emu that escaped from a local petting zoo and ran amok on local streets over the weekend, Patch reported Monday, citing the department\u2019s social posts.<\/p>\n<p>Patrol officers quickly found the bird, but \u201cconvincing an emu that the adventure was over took a little teamwork,\u201d police wrote. The department\u2019s Skydio Drone as First Responder (DFR) provided an eye in the sky so officers could track the bird and safely bring it under control. Sgt. Anton, police said, \u201cmade it very clear that its unauthorized tour of Ramapo was officially over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The emu was recovered and returned with no injuries and no citations \u2014 and \u201cno word yet on whether it plans to escape again,\u201d RPD added, stacking the bird puns while confirming a clean ending to the chase.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-york\/newcity\/fugitive-emu-escaped-petting-zoo-ran-amok-streets-ramapo-corralled-police\">Patch (New City \/ Ramapo)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Petting-zoo breakout ends with zero injuries and maximum bird jokes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bb-ramapo-emu-0914.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions\/191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}