Video: Australian man in trouble with RSPCA for riding an emu The man, identified on his Facebook page as Jack Mcmillan, then proceeds to ride "Betsy" the emu whilst shouting, "righto girl let's go, off to work we go!" "So it turns out someone thought my video of the emu was that good they thought (sic) they should let the coppas no (sic)," he wrote. Just to clear up if it wasn't for me that emu would of being (sic) dead right now as it was tangled up in a barb wire fence and I cut it out and made a video. A spokeswoman has told AAP the maximum penalty for animal cruelty in Queensland is $220,000 (£121,218) or two years imprisonment.