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A young emu dries off on a canal trail near Lindsay Road and Stonebridge Drive in Gilbert after being pulled from the water by local residents and police officers on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (Courtesy: Crystal’s Critter Haven)<\/strong><\/p>\n GILBERT, Ariz.<\/strong> – A Sunday morning walk along a Gilbert<\/strong><\/a> canal took a wild turn when local residents spotted an unexpected swimmer taking a dip in the water: a young emu.<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n Dispatchers with the Gilbert Police Department<\/strong><\/a> received calls just before 8:45 a.m. regarding a large bird stranded in the canal west of Lindsay Road, between Elliot and Guadalupe roads. Before officers arrived on scene, a group of neighbors walking along the canal trail jumped into action, pulling the drenched bird out of the water.<\/p>\n Officers arrived minutes later near North Lindsay Road and East Stonebridge Drive<\/strong><\/a>, finding the concerned citizens caring for the soaking-wet, flightless bird. The emu was safely removed from the canal without any apparent injuries.<\/p>\n Police officers loaded up the bird and transported it to Crystal’s Critter Haven<\/strong><\/a>, a local East Valley animal rescue organization, where it is recovering.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n Gilbert police spokesperson Brenda Carrasco praised the quick-thinking community members. “We\u2019d like to recognize and thank the residents for their quick actions in helping save the animal,” she told FOX 10.<\/p>\n What we don’t know:<\/p>\n Authorities have not released details on who owns the bird or how the Australian native ended up in an East Valley canal.<\/p>\n Map of where police officers pulled an emu from a canal:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Source:<\/b> Information in this report was gathered from the Gilbert Police Department and Crystal’s Critter Haven.<\/p>\n Gilbert<\/a>Pets and Animals<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article A young emu dries off on a canal trail near Lindsay Road and Stonebridge Drive in Gilbert…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1061983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[27],"tags":[1587,115006,1588,50,8047,159,67,132,68,837],"class_list":["post-1061982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-az","tag-gilbert","tag-maricopa-county","tag-news","tag-pets-animals","tag-science","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-wildlife"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117266790745183026","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1061983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}