German Zebras Make Foiled Break For Freedom

Police Round Up Escaped Circus Animals
9:30 am CST February 10, 2009

BERLIN -- Four zebras made a break for freedom on Monday from a circus in Augsburg, Germany, with local police in hot pursuit through the city's streets.

One was captured by passers-by as it wandered around town. The other three were eventually corralled on the outskirts.

Police reported no injuries, either to humans or zebras. But the German news magazine Spiegel reported that two police cars were damaged by the runaway animals.

While loading the animals for transport, one of the three zebras managed to escape again, the magazine reported. It took authorities two hours and a veterinarian with a tranquilizer rifle to bring the animal under control.