13 May, 2020 @ 18:29
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Emu left homeless on Costa Blanca after owner dies from coronavirus

Emu

AN emu has become the latest victim of coronavirus.

The flightless bird has been left homeless in Verdegas, Alicante, after its owner died of COVID-19.

Emu
HOME NEEDED: Emu’s owner died of coronavirus.

It  was part of a menagerie of 27 animals, which also included a llama – since homed in Barcelona – that were left abandoned.

Concerned local woman Tote, called El Refugio del Burrito donkey sanctuary near Antequera on the Costa del Sol for help.

Despite the distance involved – the refuge is 450 kilometres away – volunteers immediately swung into action.

Paola In Barcelona   2 Donks And Llama  1

Initially the 14 donkeys, seven horses, four ponies, llama and emu stayed on site.

Government vets were called in and El Refugio sent food and supplies for the animals, which have been looked after for the past month by Tote.

ARCH Horse Rescue in Alhaurin el Grande sent a trailer for the ponies, which were in poor condition, while the horses were soon taken in by local landownners.

Paola In Barcelona   2 Donks And Llama  2
FRIENDS: A llama was one of 27 animals rescued.

El Refugio has managed to find new homes for most of the donkeys, and has more places in the pipeline, but the emu has been left down the pecking order.

Nicky Cohen, from the refuge said: “The problem is that you need a special zoological licence to own an emu.

We have one man very keen on taking the bird in, but he needs to get the paperwork.

“If there is anyone who already has the right papers, we would love to hear from them.”

More info:  www.elrefugiodelburrito.com or phone 952 73 50 77.

Dilip Kuner

Dilip Kuner is a NCTJ-trained journalist whose first job was on the Folkestone Herald as a trainee in 1988.
He worked up the ladder to be chief reporter and sub editor on the Hastings Observer and later news editor on the Bridlington Free Press.
At the time of the first Gulf War he started working for the Sunday Mirror, covering news stories as diverse as Mick Jagger’s wedding to Jerry Hall (a scoop gleaned at the bar at Heathrow Airport) to massive rent rises at the ‘feudal village’ of Princess Diana’s childhood home of Althorp Park.
In 1994 he decided to move to Spain with his girlfriend (now wife) and brought up three children here.
He initially worked in restaurants with his father, before rejoining the media world in 2013, working in the local press before becoming a copywriter for international firms including Accenture, as well as within a well-known local marketing agency.
He joined the Olive Press as a self-employed journalist during the pandemic lock-down, becoming news editor a few months later.
Since then he has overseen the news desk and production of all six print editions of the Olive Press and had stories published in UK national newspapers and appeared on Sky News.

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