Escaped zebra drill at Japanese zoo - pictures

LAST UPDATED AT 13:30 ON Fri 1 Feb 2013
Escaped Zebra exercise, Tama Zoo, Japan
Credits: 
Toshufumi Kitamura

The 'escaped zebra' at Tama Zoo - actually a keeper in fancy dress - runs into trouble as staff erect a net to stop it getting any further. Today's drill was designed to teach zookeepers at the Tokyo tourist attraction how to deal with animal break-outs. 

Escaped Zebra exercise, Tama Zoo, Japan
Escaped Zebra exercise, Tama Zoo, Japan
Escaped Zebra exercise, Tama Zoo, Japan
Escaped Zebra exercise, Tama Zoo, Japan
Escaped Zebra exercise, Tama Zoo, Japan
Escaped Zebra exercise, Tama Zoo, Japan

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