{"id":21716,"date":"2017-03-16T09:45:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T09:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/stephaniemcneal\/llamas-on-the-lam-are-leading-a-chase-in-arizona"},"modified":"2017-03-16T09:45:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T09:45:39","slug":"llamas-lead-authorities-on-chase-through-arizona-streets-capture-americas-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/21716","title":{"rendered":"Llamas Lead Authorities On Chase Through Arizona Streets, Capture America’s Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two llamas on the lam captured hearts and minds across the U.S. as they led a sheriff’s posse on a chase through the streets of Sun City, Arizona.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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The llamas ran free in a roughly 20-minute chase that soon gained them fans across the country.<\/h2>\t
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Local news station ABC 15<\/a> covered it live from the air.<\/p>\n

The llamas tore through yards and shut down highways as the hapless Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office posse trying to corral them looked on.<\/p>\n

Authorities tried to lasso the llamas multiple times, but the adorable escapees consistently broke free.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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After becoming separated, the black llama was lassoed by a man. Its friend trotted on without its fallen comrade.<\/h2>\t\t
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Eventually, the white llama also got lassoed.<\/h2>\t
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Its captors raised their hats in the air in a victory celebration.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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Lt. Brandon Jones of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said that the llamas were participating in animal therapy at an assisted living facility when they escaped, AzCentral.com<\/a> reported.<\/h2>\t
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Authorities believe the llamas got spooked when the door to the trailer they had arrived in opened. They said there was a third llama in the trailer, but it did not escape.<\/p>\n

Sheriff’s officials tried to corral the llamas, but were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

They were eventually lassoed by onlookers. <\/p>\n

“If it weren’t for (their help) we wouldn’t have been able to catch them,” Jones told AzCentral.com<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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They may be captured, but their spirit will live on forever.<\/h2>\t
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Watch the whole video of the llama chase here.<\/h2>\t
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9 Invaluable Life Lessons We All Learned From The Llama Chase<\/a> <\/p>

buzzfeed.com<\/p>

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Which Runaway Llama Are You?<\/a> <\/p>

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15 Llamas Who Just Don’t Give A Damn<\/a> <\/p>

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Remember When Two Llamas Escaped On Balloon Boy’s Balloon?<\/a> <\/p>

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The 18 Most Historically Important Moments From The Great Llama Chase Of 2015<\/a> <\/p>

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Two Llamas Went On The Loose And People Created So Many Hilarious Memes<\/a> <\/p>

buzzfeed.com<\/p>

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Llamas for life. They’ve been rounded up, but their legend lives on. Two llamas on the lam captured hearts and minds across the U.S. as they led a sheriff’s posse on a chase through the streets of Sun City, Arizona. Via abc15.com https:\/\/platform.vine.co\/static\/scripts\/embed.js https:\/\/vine.co\/v\/O25LMItrhLE\/embed\/simple vine.co https:\/\/platform.vine.co\/static\/scripts\/embed.js https:\/\/vine.co\/v\/O2JuWhlnvTM\/embed\/simple vine.co The llamas ran free in a roughly … Continue reading Llamas Lead Authorities On Chase Through Arizona Streets, Capture America’s Heart<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[180],"tags":[6192],"class_list":["post-21716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-culture","tag-llamas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/14896359463246-llamas-lead-authorities-on-chase-through-arizona--2-25117-1424991188-4_dblbig.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}