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Runaway Japanese zebra dies in golf course lake | Runaway Japanese zebra dies in golf course lake |
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A zebra that ran away from a horse riding club in Japan has died in a golf course lake after it was tranquilised. | A zebra that ran away from a horse riding club in Japan has died in a golf course lake after it was tranquilised. |
Police officers and veterinarians had chased the animal around the course near Toki city in the central Gifu prefecture for hours. | Police officers and veterinarians had chased the animal around the course near Toki city in the central Gifu prefecture for hours. |
It ran into the lake shortly after it was shot with a tranquiliser dart. | It ran into the lake shortly after it was shot with a tranquiliser dart. |
The animal died despite being pulled out within minutes. Officers said it had likely drowned and that its heart had stopped. | The animal died despite being pulled out within minutes. Officers said it had likely drowned and that its heart had stopped. |
The two-year-old male zebra was owned by a mobile zoo, reported the newspaper Mainichi Shimbun, but was being housed at the Mikuni West Farm, a local stable and riding club. | |
On Tuesday evening, farm managers were bringing in the zebra for the night when it became agitated, trampled the paddock fence, and escaped, fleeing towards a nearby mountain. | |
By early Wednesday morning police were receiving reports of a zebra running along a highway. | |
They quickly tracked it to the Toki International Golf Course, where veterinarians and police tried to catch it. | They quickly tracked it to the Toki International Golf Course, where veterinarians and police tried to catch it. |
It ran into a lake shortly after being darted. | It ran into a lake shortly after being darted. |
"We pulled it out, but its heart had stopped," said police spokesman Takahiro Taniguchi, saying it had likely drowned. | "We pulled it out, but its heart had stopped," said police spokesman Takahiro Taniguchi, saying it had likely drowned. |
The unusual story quickly became a talking point among Japanese netizens who expressed shock and sadness on Wednesday, with the Japanese word for zebra "shimauma" trending on Twitter. | |
Many retweeted a photo by a girl who said she had spotted the animal galloping down a road on Tuesday night and expressed surprise at spotting "a zebra in the forest". |
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