Manns did not contact law enforcement because he knew the owners, who had bought the animal as a baby.
The most WV thing I've read all day. I grew up chasing our horses and returning the neighbor's cows, goats, and chickens.
Many years ago, I was en route to a wedding (IIRC, in Gilmer county) when I ran into a delay because there were several emu out on the road and acting belligerent. When I got to the wedding, I met the neighbor whose emus were acting up and helped them round up the wayward birds. It wasn't just the emus, he had quite a menagerie.
Most of the traditional "4-year" college students don't graduate in 4 years, either.
https://hechingerreport.org/how-the-college-lobby-got-the-government-to-measure-graduation-rates-over-six-years-instead-of-four/