HIGH POINT, N.C. — A stray llama was captured in the High Point neighborhood of Emerywood on Thursday, according to the High Point Police Department.
The llama, whose wool coat is yellow-tan with a large brown patch, is now at Red Dog Farm Animal Rescue Network in Stokesdale, police said in a social media post.
Posts in the Emerywood neighborhood Facebook group reveal the llama had been spotted by neighbors wandering the subdivision.
Photos shared with WFMY News 2 by neighbors, Angela Wagner and Robin Thompson, show the llama strolling in homeowners' lawns in the subdivision. The photos also show animal control officers working to wrangle the llama into a harness near a wooded area.
PHOTOS: Llama captured in High Point neighborhood
"It had been here for two to three days in this area," said Wagner, "And it was sleeping in our backyards, and in the woods right behind our house. It eats grass. So he was not hungry, and he was not hurt."
The neighbors said the llama did not appear to be afraid of people.
"He came up to my backyard around the concrete pad, and I rolled an apple to him and he picked it up," said Thompson. "Then he stayed there for a few minutes and he walked across the streets to the houses."
The llama was ultimately captured by High Point Police Department Animal Control Officers and John Deal with Animal Capture & Exclusion Services of Winston-Salem, police said, adding they have named the llama "Todd."
"The HPPD animal control officers teamed up with animal rescue expert John Deal from @aceswildlifepro to capture a stray llama in Emerywood. We named him Todd! Todd will be held at the Red Dog farm @RedDogFarm for 72 hours to see if an owner is looking for him," the post reads.
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