An Ostrich Makes A Run For It Down A Busy Street In Karachi, Leaves Onlookers Shocked

An ostrich that escaped from a zoo in Karachi was filmed running down a busy street and the video is going viral on social media.

On January 5, images and videos showed the bird running through traffic in the Korangi No 4 area of the city. The bird fled the private zoo after water flooded into its enclosure in the park, according to local police.

Police told the UPI news agency that the zoo workers were able to trap the bird and return it to its enclosure. Some aren¡¯t as lucky to just have a bird like ostrich cross their path.

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Incidents of people almost escaping death and the claws of wild animals have come forward previously. A few months ago, a terrifying video showed a leopard chasing humans on the streets of Hyderabad and then being cornered by stray dogs.

Two days after the leopard was seen resting in the middle of a road, the CCTV visuals of its attack on a lorry cleaner went viral. In the same video clip, the feline was seen facing the wrath of a pack of dogs.

According to reports, the incident occurred near Katedan underpass. The passers-by were shocked to see the wild cat resting in the middle of the road close to the median.

An ostrich ran away from a Zoo in Korangi #Karachi pic.twitter.com/ew9Icmkot1

¡ª Usama Qureshi (@UsamaQureshy) January 6, 2021

The was video was shared by the Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Parveen Kaswan with the caption, "Leopard vs Dogs. Somewhere in India. But such is not new. Feral dogs do corner leopards and leopards love hot-dogs when they get a chance. Via Whatsapp."

Reports state that when the motorists and the locals gathered near the road, clicking pictures and taking videos from their mobile phones, the leopard started charging at them.

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Overnight it strolled in populated areas in the city and it is injured now unable to move ahead pic.twitter.com/BA6d8aOe5w

¡ª Dr.Prashanth (@prashantchiguru) May 14, 2020

A driver and cleaner of a truck who were also watching the animal ran for their lives when it started chasing them.

While the driver managed to climb onto the cabin, the cleaner scrambled for safety and then ran toward the truck to climb on to the cabin to save himself.

The leopard, which emerged by jumping over the road divider pounced at him and tried to drag him by his feet. It was a close save for the cleaner as he managed to lift himself and escaped with a minor injury on his leg.