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Police Taser an escaped zebra in Tennessee
“At some point, two officers of the Cookeville Police Department apparently made unsuccessful attempts to deploy issued TASER devices to redirect or capture the animal. By Istock
Story at a glance An escaped zebra challenged both a local school district and police on Friday after the animal fled a livestock auction in Tennessee.
The zebra made it to a highway, where police say light traffic helped mitigate damage and led to the animal’s capture.
The escape also prompted a local elementary school to warn parents and students on social media.
An escaped zebra challenged both a local school district and police on Friday after the animal fled a livestock auction in Tennessee.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A zebra escaped a local livestock auction in Cookeville Tennessee on Thursday and was eventually captured. Police attempted to taser the animal in hopes of capturing it but a local elementary school put out a warning to children’s parents saying that it only seemed to make the animal angry.
A Zebra caused a tizzy in Cookeville, a Tennessee city about 80 miles outside of Nashville, after it escaped from an exotic livestock auction of Friday. The creature dashed down a Highway 111 around 4 a.m., but managed to escape injury due to a lack of traffic at the time.