An escaped pet zebra has been reunited with its owner after an eight-day search across a Tennessee county.
The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office announced in a Facebook post on Sunday that “celebrity Zebra Ed” had been “rescued safely.”
“Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office is happy to report Tango 82 aviation crews located Zebra Ed and returned him to his owner Sunday,” officials wrote in the post.
To bring him home, crews from the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office and a helicopter team located Ed in a pasture and airlifted him by helicopter back to a trailer waiting for him — safely returning him to his owners.
Video of the rescue shows “Zebra Ed” being lifted high in the air by a helicopter out of a wooded area.
“Zebra Ed” originally arrived in Christiana on May 30, according to officials, and he was reported missing one day later by his owner.
The sheriff’s office didn’t say how or where the owners got the zebra, or where it was being housed at the time of its escape.
