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Reuters | | Posted by Ritu Maria Johny

A zebra escaped from a zoo in the South Korean capital Seoul on Thursday and wandered the streets of a residential area for three hours before being caught and taken home.

Officials managed to stop the zebra, which had escaped from a zoo, and gave it anesthetic muscle relaxants, (Twitter)
Officials managed to stop the zebra, which had escaped from a zoo, and gave it anesthetic muscle relaxants, (Twitter)

Distraught pedestrians watched as the animal rammed past cars, wandered down a street and stuck its nose in garbage bags, footage showed.

The zebra, named Sero, which means vertical in Korean, was taken from the zoo in Seoul Grand Park.

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Officials managed to restrain the zebra and give it anesthetic muscle relaxants, the Seoul Gwangjin Fire Station said. He was brought back to the ranch in the back of a pickup truck, footage shows.

Video clips of Sero’s day out went viral on social media.

“Literally zebra crossing” one tweet read.

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