For two months, two zebras have been frolicking a few tens of kilometers from Washington (United States), repeatedly sowing the officials trying to catch them. Their owner was charged on Tuesday with ill-treatment.
The equines escaped at the end of August from the farm where they lived. There were three of them who regained their freedom, but one of them has since been found dead. “He was trapped and died of his injuries in early September,” Prince George County, where authorities are trying to find the zebras, said in a statement.
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Owner accused of ill-treatment
The owner was charged with “acts of cruelty to animals”. The zebras have “not received adequate food, water, or veterinary care” and “are in danger, as the death of one of them proved,” says the act of charge. Jerry Holly still has about 30 zebras and the trap that killed one of them was “less than a yard from the fence” of their enclosure.
“The owner tried to capture the zebras but was unable to do so and they are still on the run for 54 days now”, details the document. Animals pose a “risk” to people and drivers around Washington. Since their escape, the zebras have however also made the happiness of the local media and the inhabitants, who have listed their appearances on social networks.
Joshua DuBois, a former White House official, said in September that his son had seen the zebras near the family home. In an attempt to catch equines, authorities have recently attempted to use food and other zebras. Once they are captured, a “further investigation” will be carried out, the authorities promise.
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