{"id":37235,"date":"2025-08-01T10:35:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/37235\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T10:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:35:15","slug":"why-a-sunshine-coast-rescue-emu-has-feathers-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/37235\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a Sunshine Coast rescue emu has feathers flying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fluffy the emu has become somewhat of a celebrity on Queensland&#8217;s Sunshine Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Rescued as a baby, he was taken to Parkland Conservation Park where he has made a lot of friends.<\/p>\n<p>But not everyone&#8217;s a fan of Fluffy.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/9now.nine.com.au\/a-current-affair\/australian-furniture-chain-goes-bust-just-months-after-job-security-promise\/fd412296-0dde-44fd-bf63-d2be0e4a3066\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Australian furniture chain goes bust just months after job security promise\ufeff\">Australian furniture chain goes bust just months after job security promise\ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/c9c785f5-e27a-4024-9880-c5ca72050500.png\"   alt=\"But wildlife advocate Claire Smith is one of a legion of fans who think Fluffy should stay.\"\/>Wildlife advocate Claire Smith is one of a legion of fans who think Fluffy should stay. (Nine)<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/d35fe096-86eb-4dab-9b26-313a97568a25.png\"   alt=\"Fluffy the emu has become somewhat of a celebrity on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.\"\/>Fluffy the emu has become somewhat of a celebrity on Queensland&#8217;s Sunshine Coast. (Nine)<\/p>\n<p>Some believe he&#8217;s aggressive and should be relocated to a suitable sanctuary.<\/p>\n<p>But wildlife advocate Claire Smith is one of a legion of fans who think Fluffy should stay.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full video in the player above.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>STATEMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, TOURISM, SCIENCE AND INNOVATION:  <\/p>\n<p>We ask visitors to avoid riding horses in Parklands Conservation Park during emu breeding season between May and September. <\/p>\n<p>We recommend people ride in other locations, such as Eumundi Conservation Park.Warnings about emus reacting to horses are clearly signposted at the entrances of the park.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fluffy the emu has become somewhat of a celebrity on Queensland&#8217;s Sunshine Coast. Rescued as a baby, he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-37235","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}