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Stop, there's a zebra crossing! Escaped beast roams Seoul streets
A zebra escaped from a zoo in the South Korean capital Seoul on Thursday and wandered the streets of a residential district for three hours before being caught and taken home.
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- Published Date: 03:49 | 23 March 2023
- Modified Date: 03:58 | 23 March 2023
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Bemused pedestrians looked on as the beast trotted past cars, wandered down a street and poked its nose in garbage bins, footage showed.
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The zebra, named Sero, meaning vertical in Korean, had broken free from a zoo at the Seoul Children's Grand Park.
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Officials managed to trap the zebra and give it anesthetic muscle relaxants, Seoul Gwangjin Fire Station said. It was taken back to the zoo on the back of a pick-up truck, footage showed.
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Video clips of Sero's day out went viral on social media.
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"Literally a zebra crossing" one tweet read.