Wild ostrich chase results in donation to Taber Food Bank

By Ian Croft
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
news@tabertimes.com

With Taber briefly having the social media spotlight due to ostriches running down the highway through the town last Thursday, members of Taber’s municipal government took this opportunity to do some good and put a positive spin on the event. Taber Mayor Andrew Prokop briefly commented on the ostrich-related events and the support that arose from the community to help solve the problem of the escaped ostriches.

“Apparently, 28 in total ostriches got away between here and Barnwell,” said Prokop. “That occurred at four o’clock in the morning, Thursday — that’s when it started, and then they ended up in town here on the highway and all over the place.”

“For several hours in the early afternoon, or even later, they were trying to round up as much as they could — I think even Friday morning there were three that were outstanding that they had not accounted for. I think they caught them all in the end, but they did a great job overall — the RCMP and Taber Police Service were part of that, the M.D. of Taber and the Town of Taber was part of that as well, and probably a variety of others that I’m not even familiar with were trying to help. Quite an event for sure, and definitely an unusual event to say the least, but all things considered, it went pretty well. It could’ve obviously been a lot worse,” added Prokop.

Following this remark, Prokop briefly commented about the Town’s donation to the Taber Food Bank.

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