Page 43 - Hillside 2015 20th Anniversary Newsletter

They say buses Rhea Rescue...
come in threes.
In 2015, for Hillside, In March we answered a call asking if we could catch a rhea that had been on
Rheas came in fives! the loose for several weeks in Suffolk. There had already been numerous
attempts to catch him, and in some cases involving up to a dozen people.
It was feared that, if she wasn’t caught soon, she would be shot. So, an intrepid
team from Hillside headed to Suffolk and happily were able to safely bring the
straying Rhea back to the Sanctuary. His owner, was so pleased to hear she
was safe, he asked if we would give a home to two others he had as pets that
he was no longer able to keep. We were glad to oblige and soon the three
were reunited.

Later in the year, we received two more reports of Rhea running loose. On
both occasions we headed off to help, and we’re very pleased to say that we
were able to catch the birds and, again, bring them back to Hillside. We now
have a family of five rheas living happily in a specially made enclosure with
plenty of room to run around.

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