A runaway zebra is shot with a blowgun loaded with anesthetic on a golf course in Toki, Gifu Prefecture, in central Japan on March 23, 2016. The 2-year-old stallion escaped from an equestrian club the previous day and ran onto the golf course, where he was tranquilized and fell into a pond. By the time police officers extracted the animal from the pond, it was already dead, apparently due to drowning. (Kyodo)
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“Two zebras escaped a circus and now they are running around west Philadelphia,” said Amanda Leigh.
“Zebras escaped and are running around west Philadelphia,” said Riley. “This is the real life Madagascar.”
Sonia O’Sullivan added: “Thats got to be first time a zebra has run across a zebra crossing!”
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