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TexasTowelie

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Wed Dec 15, 2021, 08:30 PM Dec 2021

After months on the run, two zebras caught close to US capital

Washington (AFP) – Two zebras that had been on the run for months in the countryside outside Washington, DC, have finally been caught, an official said Tuesday.

The pair had escaped from an exotic animal farm in Maryland at the end of August and eluded numerous attempts to capture them, their escapade enthralling local residents and media.

But after repeatedly thwarting the authorities, the quadrupeds have been snagged, said Richard Bell of the US Department of Agriculture, without providing any further details.

Prince George’s County, where the pair had been running free, announced several weeks ago that it planned to use “food and other zebras” to try to lure the striped fugitives back to the exotic animal farm.

Read more: https://www.towleroad.com/2021/12/after-months-on-the-run-two-zebras-caught-close-to-us-capital/

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After months on the run, two zebras caught close to US capital (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2021 OP
Awwww...sounds like they enjoyed their life on the run. brush Dec 2021 #1
I hope they can increase their activates because thy sound like they want adventures Maraya1969 Dec 2021 #2
The rare exception to occam's razor Walleye Dec 2021 #3
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