A female emu named Adam has died after the worst hailstorms ever to hit Missouri. Staff at the Dickerson Zoo Park attempted to move their animals inside once the wild storm began Tuesday night. However,

“I had some pepper spray, but he kept chasing me, and I fell and got hurt,” Ann Edwards said of the incident

Picasso is an emu and exotic pet who got loose from his home and was found in Davidson County. One woman reported to Metro Animal Care and Control the emu caused the woman to fall and sprain an arm. It wasn’t a Liberty Mutual Insurance commercial.

Dickerson Park Zoo will remain closed Wednesday after a hailstorm caused significant damage Tuesday, April 28, killing one animal and leaving another under veterinary care.

Los fragmentos de vidrio salían volando por todas partes mientras Eric Gockel esperaba a que pasara una de las peores tormentas de granizo en la historia de Missouri.

Before Metro Animal Care and Control managed to capture an escaped emu Thursday, a woman said the giant bird chased her and knocked her down to the street while she was walking her dog in Mt. Juliet.