Runaway pet Zebra airlifted
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After a week full of adventures, Ed the pet zebra, is back at his Tennessee home with help from a Texas-based aviation crew. Tango 82 Aviation, based in Fredericksburg, located zebra Ed and returned him to his owner Sunday after he went missing from a new owner May 31 in Christiana,
“Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office is happy to report Tango 82 aviation crews located Zebra Ed and returned him to his owner Sunday,” authorities said in a statement posted to Facebook Sunday. Accompanying the statement was a video of Ed spinning around as he was carried by helicopter to a waiting trainer.
Rutherford County sheriff's deputies say they saw the zebra in a field and continue to track him with a drone.
An interstate highway shut down, drones circling overhead, and tracking teams with trained dogs on the move - a runaway zebra has been turning Tennessee upside down.