The runaway emus, named Thelma and Louise, escaped from their home in Loris, a city about 100 miles northeast of Charleston about three months ago, owner Sam Morace told CBS News on Friday.

Sam Morace, who also raises horses on her family’s farm, said this was the first time the birds had ever escaped. Her father started raising emus in 2012.

Sam Morace, the owner of the birds, told CBS News on Friday that the emus are named Thelma and Louise and that they have yet to be captured.

Sam Morace said she is still unsure about the second emu’s location. In a post in a Loris Facebook group, Morace said one emu has been caught and there’s one to go.

One of the emus who has been running free around the Loris area since the summer has been captured, according to its owner Sam Morace. A pair of emus named Thelma and Louise escaped their Green ...

The animal’s owner, Sam Morace, said in a Loris community Facebook group that his emu was herded into a pasture Monday night and fed for safekeeping.

Sam Morace, the owner of the birds, told CBS News on Friday that the emus are named Thelma and Louise and that they have yet to be captured.

The emus' owner, Sam Morace, addressed the recent emu sightings in a Nov. 12 Facebook post on a local group page, confirming there are two emus and noting that they "got loose 3 months ago." ...

The owner Sam Morace said multiple people told her they heard someone shoot the bird. Loose emus Thelma and Louise may be down to just Thelma after one of the emus reportedly met an untimely death.

Locals in the Loris area of Horry County reported sightings of an emu wandering loose this week, and Sam Morace took to social media to claim ownership. "For everyone that keeps seeing an emu, yes ...

Sam Morace posted on Facebook on June 4 that her father’s emu escaped its enclosure. If the emu is spotted in Horry County, Morace has asked people to not kill it and to contact her.

The birds’ owner, Sam Morace, took to social media to plead with locals for their patience, saying: “For everyone that keeps seeing an emu, yes it is mine. There are 2 of them out.” ...