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Ostrich, Approximately 2 Meters Long, Escaped but Was Captured. Police Chased After It in a Patrol Car, but Its Legs Got Away, and the Search Continued. Moriyama City, Shiga Prefecture

In Moriyama City, Shiga Prefecture, an ostrich that was being kept as a pet escaped, prompting police to be on alert and urging nearby residents to be cautious. The ostrich has now been captured. At around 6:45 a.m. today, several passersby called 110 (the Japanese emergency number) reporting that an ostrich was running and wandering around on a street in Yoshimi 1-chome, Moriyama City. The ostrich was a single individual, approximately 2 meters…
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In Moriyama City, Shiga Prefecture, an ostrich that was being kept as a pet escaped, prompting police to be on alert and urging nearby residents to be cautious. The ostrich has now been captured. At around 6:45 a.m. today, several passersby called 110 (the Japanese emergency number) reporting that an ostrich was running and wandering around on a street in Yoshimi 1-chome, Moriyama City. The ostrich was a single individual, approximately 2 meters…

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FNN.jpプライムオンライン broke the news on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
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