Eyewitness footage shows the bird running down the streets of Seongnam on Tuesday morning, dodging traffic and crashing into a truck. Local media reported that the runaway was captured on Tuesday morning by police and firefighters, and was safely returned to the nearby ecological park it had escaped from.

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    6 months ago

    At least it escaped from an ecological park where it will likely live out a normal ostrich lifespan. Based on the fact that the PetsMart in my under-100,000 population town has a large number of ostrich tracheae in stock, they must be heavily farmed.

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      6 months ago

      I just meant while it was running around in the city, I didnt read carefully enough about the recapture

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        6 months ago

        Sorry to confuse, I knew what you meant. I was saying it will probably have a less terrifying life than a lot of other ostriches. Which is good considering what it just went through.

        I assume the ostriches providing PetsMart dog treats are factory farmed. They probably live their whole lives under incredible stress.