'Craziest thing': Police use Taser on escaped zebra in Tennessee

[marmar]

Law enforcement officials helped capture a loose zebra in middle Tennessee after it escaped from an exotic livestock auction.

According to news outlets, the Cookeville police department and Putnam county sheriff’s office assisted Triple W employees to capture the “agitated” zebra early Friday morning. Cookeville is about 80 miles (128km) east of Nashville.

Multiple methods were used to attempt to regain control of the animal. At one point, two police officers made “unsuccessful attempts” to deploy Tasers to help capture the animal. ........(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/08/tennessee-police-escaped-zebra-tased

[secondwind]

1. What in the world is an exotic livestock auction???

That poor creature, I don't blame it for trying to escape!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Disaffected]

7. "What in the world is an exotic livestock auction??"

And why in the world are they allowed???

That's the kind of crap one might see in 3rd world countries...

[DFW]

2. Lucky for the zebra that half its stripes were white

Otherwise, they might have shot it on sight..........

[marmar]

4. This

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

6. 😂

[Nevilledog]

8. Perfect!

[marble falls]

3. Tase the cops. That Zebra is on the wrong continent.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

5. I wish that zebra kicked

The shit out of the cops trying to take him. Poor guy was probably terrified.

People suck..

And wtf is an exotic animal auction?

What will be done to those animals ?

Is it for evil shit like canned hunts?
Or the fur trade or worse?

[ret5hd]

9. STOP RESISTING!!!