Runaway zebra drowns in golf course lake after being tranquilized (VIDEO)
A young zebra met his untimely death in Japan after he was hit with a tranquilizer dart and plunged into a golf course lake while being chased by a dozen men, including police officers.
The two year old was loose on a golf course in Toki, in the Gifu prefecture in central Japan, Wednesday morning after making his bid for freedom from a nearby horseback riding club the previous night.
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Police officers and veterinarians were among those trying to capture the striped creature, but to no avail.
The zebra was running around the golf course for a number of hours before a vet shot it with a tranquilizer dart, according to AP.
The animal then ran into the lake and, although he was rescued within minutes, his heart had stopped beating. Attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.
A vet on the scene said the zebra likely drowned; "We pulled it out, but its heart had stopped," he said.
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The golf course scene played out quite differently to the 'zebra escape' procedures practised at a zoo in the Japanese capital last month.
Footage from the drill show a zoo staff member dressed as a zebra while being surrounded by a net before apparently succumbing to a tranquilizer: