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Zebras Get Loose Near Highway Exit, Gallop Into Washington Community Before Most Are Corralled

Zebras escaped during transport near Seattle, causing a spectacle as they roamed town. Three captured, one found in a backyard, with a baby zebra corralled later.

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Three of the four black-and-white striped animals were quickly captured, but the fate of the fourth wasn't immediately known Monday, Washington State Patrol Trooper Rick Johnson said.

The zebras were being transported from Washington to Montana when the driver took the Interstate 90 exit for North Bend, located about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Seattle, to secure the trailer.

That's when the the zebras bolted.

Witness Dan Barnett of North Bent told KING-TV of Seattle that he was in 바카라disbelief,바카라 when he saw the zebras eating grass off the side of the offramp.

He and other drivers helped protect the zebras from the busy nearby interstate, as drivers on the offramp pulled over to 바카라make a makeshift fence바카라 to block the animals from the highway, Barnett said.

The zebras then began heading toward town, trotting past brunch patrons at a restaurant near the interstate exit. Soon after, three of the AWOL zebras were in Whitney Blomquist's backyard.

"I called someone and was like, So I found the missing zebras, they're in my yard. Yeah 바카라 not sure what to do,'바카라 Blomquist said.

The zebras then ran to a neighboring yard, where two were captured with the help of rodeo professionals. The third, the baby of the herd, was corralled later.

Johnson posted photos of the loose zebras on the social platform X. 바카라This is a first for me and all @wastatepatrol troopers involved,바카라 he wrote. 바카라Crazy!바카라

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