Georgia Zebra Owners Failed To Get Permits

Georgia Zebra Owners Failed To Get Permits

A zebra that was stolen and set loose in a college building as a prank has been taken from his owners because they didn’t have proper wildlife permits. Todd Nims, a wildlife biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, told the Newton Citizen that the zebra known as Barcode and another named Jazz were seized Dec. 12 and shipped to a Midwest zoo.

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Published: December 30, 2008

OXFORD, Ga. (AP) - A zebra that was stolen and set loose in a college building as a prank has been taken from his owners because they didn’t have proper wildlife permits.

Todd Nims, a wildlife biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, told the Newton Citizen that the zebra known as Barcode and another named Jazz were seized Dec. 12 and shipped to a Midwest zoo.

Their owners, Curtis and Sherry Jackson, declined comment.

The state found out about the couple’s unusual pets after Emory University at Oxford staff discovered Barcode roaming the halls of a campus building as part of an end-of-year joke.

State officials say the Jacksons had let their permit for Barcode lapse and never applied for a permit for Jazz.

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