Atlanta Police capture escaped zebra
February 19, 2010
Zebra
An escaped circus zebra ran through the Atlanta’s streets in the rush hour traffic on Thursday. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus’ zebra was first spotted around 4:30 p.m. in downtown Atlanta, according to Georgia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Monica Luck. Authorities managed to capture the zebra near an interstate highway, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Luck said,
“It wasn’t on the highway very long. But it was an inconvenient time for this to happen because the downtown connector southbound usually gets backed up on its own, that time of day.”
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus is performing at Philips Arena this week. Daniel Nance told the Atlanta newspaper,
“All of a sudden a freaking zebra comes running down the street like a car. Five or six police cars were in hot pursuit. And a bunch of officers on foot. But then I got scared, thinking … what else is loose?”