An ostrich that died from stress after making public spectacle when it escaped its cage was cooked and eaten by its caretakers.<br /><br />Two ostriches made headlines after they escaped their cage in Quezon City, the Philippines last week.<br /><br />A security guard and several construction workers in the area caught the birds an hour after they were spotted.<br /><br />However, their owner, Jonathan Cruz, said that one of the birds had died because of stress.<br /><br />The bird's owner said he instructed his caretakers to bury the dead ostrich but upon checking the next day, he found that the workers decided to cook it instead.<br /><br />The ostrich was cooked into the famous Filipino dish Adobo made with soy sauce, vinegar, and spices mixture.<br /><br />The bird's death was made public when the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) invited Jonathan to explain how the ostriches were able to escape their cages.<br /><br />DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said: "We are now asking for the evidence if it really died.”<br /><br />Antiporda added that they are puzzled as to how the ostriches ended up living in the city when they are registered in the province.<br /><br />In his defense, Jonathan said that the birds were bought from an ostrich farm in Misamis province.<br /><br />Ostriches - the largest and heaviest of all living birds - are only found in the wild in Africa.
