
MADISON, Kan. (AP) — An eastern Kansas woman is asking the public’s help in finding a missing pet, and the animal shouldn’t be hard to spot: It’s a 9-foot-tall, 350-pound ostrich.
KVOE-AM reports the big bird disappeared last week from Rock Creek Ostrich Ranch, located near the southern Lyon County town of Madison.
Owner Nakita Elwood says the ostrich, named Eva, and others escaped from a pen. All of the others have been recovered.
Eva was last seen in an area between Madison and Olpe. Elwood advises the public against trying to catch the ostrich. She says Eva isn’t especially dangerous but frightens easily, and only responds to her calls.
Eva is part of Elwood’s breeding trio as well as a pet.