Ed’s Reign of Terror Comes to an End
Some will be relieved by this news, while others will be heartbroken. Ed the zebra has been captured, ending his weeklong period of freedom in the wild.
Zebra’s Week on the Run Comes to an End
Runaway pet safely captured in Tennessee
By Newser Editors and Wire Services | Posted Jun 9, 2025A runaway pet zebra that was on the loose for more than a week in Tennessee and became an internet sensation in the process was captured Sunday, authorities said, per the AP. Ed the Zebra was captured safely after being located in a pasture near a subdivision in the Christiana community in central Tennessee, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. The sheriff’s office said aviation crews captured the zebra. “Ed was airlifted and flown by helicopter back to a waiting animal trailer,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. Video posted by the sheriff’s office shows Ed wrapped in a net with his head sticking out as he is carried by the helicopter to the trailer.
Ed, no doubt, bolted and got drunk off his newly acquired freedom, feeling the exhilaration of possibilities that freedom brings.
But Ed, much like the folks in the Middle East, don’t know what it’s like to be free and therefore can’t handle freedom. At least captivity comes with three square meals a day.
Let’s face it – it’s hard for a lone male zebra to find a female in the wild backcountry of the USA. No schtupping for Ed, I’m afraid.
If you want to follow this story more, I’m sure that Ed’ll get a webpage and Facebook group.
Category: "Teh Stoopid"
Some troops get it.
As I dined at the Waffle House, I thought that it was still a mystery where Ed was for days.
After a night of drinking, a cup of early morning coffee at the Waffle House provides me with some clarity.
Is THIS You?
I know, You were looking for the Waffle Shop, right…
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/north-texas-black-bear-sighting/3858197/
I am sure Ed could have found a mare to cozy up with. He is one sad looking Zebra in that net. Worse than P Diddy at trial.
“No schtupping for Ed, I’m afraid.”
Ed was “looking for love in all the wrong places”
Different stripes for differnt types.
Free Ed!
Zebra’s Lives Matter!
Wonder if he has a stripe or two in common with Mr. Ed of TV
fame.
Ed should have rolled in some mud to camo out that prison strip suit.
My wife has a pony mule out back, when she is in heat she is the biggest hussy there is. Even though no babies would come out of it, ole Ed could have a hell of a time if he made it 2000 miles west.
Wait, whut?
Yeah, me too. When I saw the headline the FIRST thing I thought was the thread was about a Naval Aviation NCO that is so much beloved. Whew!
ZB1Ed
Ed’s the exception to the “hoofbeats” theory (a relative of Occam’s Razor):
If you hear hoofbeats while you are out walking, it’s probably not a zebra but a horse. (The context in which I read it was for new doctors: when diagnosing a set of symptoms, most likely the best initial explanation for most of a set of symptoms (say, the flu but for some reason the patient lacks a fever) is more likely than some rare, never in this continent disease which fits the symptoms perfectly.
In Ed’s case it IS a zebra.
Some years ago a fellow from Iran, in the US legally (“I am not one of those Muslims! No!”) purchased 20 acres beside the GB Compound as a weekend playground for his then 12-year-old daughter. (If you know the culture, you understand.)
One of the things he did is stock it with exotic animals. African deer & elk, llamas (who died in the next heat wave), ostriches, two (2) white buffalo, etc.
Then he bought a herd of zebras, not pets. His ranch manager advised him to turn them out into a fenced corral to settle down before letting them in the pasture. He decided instead to turn them out straight into the pasture – and they commenced to stampede directly across the pasture passing through the 4-strand bob-wire fence like brush, disappearing into the National Forest.
This was during hunting season in Texas.
There was a guy that weekend out deer hunting, when he was attacked by a very upset zebra, which he had to shoot.
Don’t you know his buddies thought he’d been in the hooch when he told that story?
Epilogue – others would capture the other zebras at various times, and sell them back to him – sometimes for more than the original price.
Well, Ed had a fun time and that’s what counts.
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
Ed would not work for All-Points Logistics.
Phil Monkress (CEO of All-Points Logistics) would try to steal or culturally appropriate his stripes.