Two emus held up traffic in western Sydney on Monday. The emus, which are the largest birds native to Australia, crossed
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a number of busy streets after reportedly escaping from an area being developed for housing. (Nov. 26)
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DURATION: 1:02-----------------------------------------SHOTLIST:Channel 7 - No Access AustraliaSydney - November 26, 2012 1. Various of emus walking in street 2. Close-up of emu 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sydney resident, name not given: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT 2 AND PART OVERLAID WITH SHOT 4++ "The emus are very snappy you've got to be really careful with the kids fingers, but you don't see them out the front of your house though." 4. Close-up of two emus walking 5. Mid of children behind fence looking at emu 6. Various of emus walking 7. Mid of man and child looking at emus 8. Wide of emu crossing road in front of truck 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Geoff Brown, Western Sydney Conservation Alliance: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT 8++ "These emus they don't look right, they don't look left, they don't look right again, they'll just cross a road." 10. Various of emus on roadside verge 11. Pan across property development site, where emus may have come from 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Geoff Brown, Western Sydney Conservation Alliance: ++SOUNDBITE PART OVERLAID WITH SHOT 13++ "If you have a look at their fences they (Lend Lease) don't maintain their fences. They get out, they wander the streets." 13. Various of emus walking in grassed area 14. Tracking shot of emus walking down road 15. Various of an unidentified man guiding emus back to enclosed bushland 16. Mid of man repairing hole in fence, which emus are said to have escaped through 17. Pan across emus behind fence STORYLINE: Two emus held up traffic in western Sydney on Monday. The two animals, which are the largest birds native to Australia, crossed a number of busy streets after reportedly escaping from an area being developed for housing. "These emus they don't look right, they don't look left, they don't look right again, they'll just cross a road," Geoff Brown from Western Sydney Conservation Alliance said. During their walkabout, the emus also came across a group of fascinated school children. "The emus are very snappy you've got to be really careful with the kids fingers but you don't see them out the front of your house though," one mother said. It was believed the emus escaped from an area being developed by property development company Lend Lease. According to conservationist Geoff Brown, the fences surrounding the site have deteriorated which may have allowed the big birds to escape. "If you have a look at their fences they (Lend Lease) don't maintain their fences. They get out and wander the streets," Brown said. One resident of western Sydney took it upon himself to get the emus back behind the fences, by enticing the pair with some food. The man also repaired a hole in a fence, to ensure the birds did not escape again.
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