Pet Zebra Remains ‘On the Loose’ in Tennessee After Escaping Home and Causing Chaos on Interstate

It is not all black and white with regards to chasing down a lacking zebra.

A puppy zebra stays “on the loose” in Tennessee after escaping from its new homeowners over the weekend, trotting via a residential community, inflicting “havoc” on an interstate and being chased via stated homeowners right into a wooded space.

A spokesperson for the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office in heart Tennessee showed to PEOPLE on Monday, June 2, that the mammal stays lacking days after it “disappeared from its owner.”

After the homeowners bought the zebra at the night time of Friday, May 31, the animal may well be observed day after today “wreaking havoc on Interstate 24” close to Joe B. Jackson Parkway, RCSO Patrol Lt. Kenneth Barrett showed on Facebook.

In reaction to the animal “running through traffic on both sides of the highway,” deputies closed the interstate over the weekend — prior to reopening when the animal “disappeared into the woods.” Deputy Ryan Keach to start with situated the animal at the interstate, the RCSO showed to PEOPLE.

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On Saturday afternoon, the RCSO showed in an replace to Facebook that the homeowners have been nonetheless on the lookout for the lacking animal, which “escaped into a wooded area” close to the exits of Joe B. Jackson Parkway and Epps Mill Road. Cpl. Zach Campbell spoke with the animal’s homeowners to verify.

In an replace on Monday, the RCSO spokesperson shared with PEOPLE that an proprietor “responded to the scene” of the zebra at the interstate and “chased the zebra” into the woods.

The zebra used to be additionally filmed via an obvious house safety digicam touring via a residential community following its preliminary break out on Friday, with photos shared via ABC7 appearing the animal operating via a side road and creating a proper flip.

According to The Tennessean, it’s criminal to possess the animal as a puppy within the state, which classifies them as Class III animals that don’t require any particular allows. Still, as the hole notes, the Library of Congress says their “unpredictable nature and tendency to attack preclude them from being good candidates for domestication.”

The newest zebra break out comes a 12 months after a bunch of 4 zebras being transported in Washington escaped a truck when their driving force of the truck pulled over to safe the trailer. 

As Regional Animal Services of King County printed in a information unencumber, 3 of the 4 zebras have been secured inside hours, whilst one zebra (named “Shug”) used to be sooner or later captured after six days at the unfastened — finishing the “zearch.”