Former state Rep. Brad Cates learned his emu had resurfaced last week thanks to a barrage of images people shared on social media, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported Sunday.
Pictures of the emu around a subdivision near Cates’ home prompted inquiries from a state livestock inspector and a game warden. Later that day, Cates with some help corralled the 150-pound emu named “Hey You!”
Cates was also the Republican nominee for Dona Ana County district attorney in 2016. He lost to Mark D’Antonio.