Yesterday afternoon, in Atlanta, a runaway zebra was spotted on Atlanta’s downtown connector during rush hour.  The zebra belongs to the Ringling Brothers Circus that is in town at the Phillips Arena.  This sounds like a joke, but no, it’s not.  It really happened, but how bad are the conditions are Ringling Brothers that the zebra was willing to run off into traffic??

Atlanta police followed the zebra on their motorcycles until they could safely capture it. After capturing the zebra, police had to walk the zebra off the connector. Traffic was backed up for several miles along the downtown connector. The zebra had been spotted in various locations in Atlanta. Channel 2 Action News reporter Eric Philips spoke with a representative for Ringling Brothers Circus and they say the zebra was checked out by a veterinarian and is okay.

[via WSBTV]

Oh, thank God the zebra is okay! I think that would make my day for me to spot a random zebra running around town. How often do you get to see that in a life time? What’s all this traffic for? Oh… a zebra escaped from the circus. Not something you’d normally hear… Pretty damn funny if you ask me.

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