RCMP had to chase after runaway ostriches in Taber, Alberta. Watch video showing the moment one was dragged to the ground
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The clarity, doubtless, was important. The herd ran amok through Taber — perhaps best known for its bylaw against swearing, screaming or yelling in public — after they got out of an enclosure shortly before 8 a.m. One ostrich, sadly, was killed on the highway nearby where they escaped.
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