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Attack of the Zedonk

A zedonk (a zebra/donkey hybrid) at a farm market in Spring Lake, Fla., attacked a worker last weekend, biting the man on his feet and legs as he attempted to crawl away. Hernando Today reported that James Oleson, 34, was painting an outer perimeter fence when the zedonk ducked under its own enclosure fence to bite him on the foot. Oleson was knocked to the ground and the animal continued to bite at...

Mixed Bag

No theme this time. Just oddness. The SPCA is investigating after four zebras recently died at the Greater Vancouver Zoo. According to the report in the Langley Advance , the animals died of exertional myopathy after two Cape buffalo were introduced into their enclosure. The report states that the buffalo were able to interact with the zebras and other enclosure residents, which included ostriches...

I'm Bringing Zebra Back

(Them other boys don't know how to act.) So she's not a real Zebra. But when Maybelline, a Zebra statue at Albany's All American Fun Park, went missing, her owner was understandably upset. "This is very traumatic to me," General Manager Buddie Blackwell told the Albany Herald . "It's time to give me my zebra back." Pranksters spotted and filched Maybelline from outside...

Do You Have a Permit for that Zebra?

Two Zebras formerly living outside of Atlanta, Ga., have been relocated to a zoo after authorities discovered that their owners did not have the proper permits to keep the animals, according to an Associated Press story. What's weird about that? Well, the Zebras came to officials' attention after one, named Barcode (love it), was found wandering the halls of a campus building at Emory University...