Police trying to seizure zebra successful Tennessee
A runaway favored zebra that was connected the escaped for much than a week successful Tennessee was captured connected Sunday, his owners and authorities said.
Ed the zebra, who became an net sensation, was captured safely aft being located successful a pasture adjacent a subdivision successful the Christiana assemblage successful cardinal Tennessee, the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office confirmed.
"Ed was airlifted and flown by chopper backmost to a waiting carnal trailer," the sheriff's bureau said successful a statement.
The representation shows the airlifting of a zebra named Ed that had evaded seizure for respective days aft it ran distant from its owner.
Rutherford County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Ed's owner, Laura Ford, told CBS News that a squad from Texas helped seizure him and helium is "safe and 100% healthy."
"This has been a long, stressful week and I americium truthful blessed that it ended the mode it did and nary 1 got hurt," she said.
Video posted by the sheriff's bureau shows Ed wrapped successful a nett with his caput sticking retired arsenic helium is carried by the chopper to the trailer.
Ed arrived successful Christiana connected May 30, the sheriff's bureau said. His proprietor reported him missing the adjacent day.
The zebra was spotted and filmed moving on Interstate 24, forcing deputies to unopen the roadway. But Ed escaped into a wooded area.
There were respective sightings posted to societal media. Ed was filmed trotting done a neighborhood.
The zebra rapidly became the taxable of net memes. One fake posting showed Ed eating astatine a Waffle House, a confederate staple. Others had him visiting different Tennessee cities oregon panhandling connected the broadside of the road.
The pursuit of Ed came a period aft a runway kangaroo shut down a conception of Alabama interstate.
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