Sheila the emu is back in her pen after spending weeks on the run. Dan Dolezal, who owns the Camera Corral on Sherman Avenue, was at work on May 15 when he received a call from his neighbor saying he needed to immediately return to his Coeur d’Alene home. When he got there, he saw the signs of a struggle between two neighborhood dogs and his two emus. One of the emus, Prunella, was killed in the altercation and Sheila was scared off Dolezal’s property by the dogs. She had been missing for more than two weeks before Kaleb Maciosek discovered Sheila’s hiding place on Sunday morning. Maciosek found Sheila underneath the Veterans Memorial Centennial Bridge while he was working on an assignment for his high-school photography class. Dolezal said Maciosek approached the bird and Sheila met him halfway. “He offered her some of his lunch and she took it,” Dolezal said. “She just kind of hung around. I think she was happy for the company”/ Keith Cousins , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.
Question: Have you ever lost a pet for a period of time — or for good?