Escaped Zebra Airlifted Over New Braunfels via Helecopter

This is sure one from the 'You don't see that everyday' file. A flying Zebra in the sky over New Braunfels. Here is a closer look at what happened via the New Braunfels Police:

Late Wednesday afternoon a couple of adventuresome zebras escaped their pen (little is known about where they actually escaped from) and went for a swim across the Guadalupe River. While one of them had had enough the other Zebra went on to explore parts of New Braunfels.

The Zebra ran down city streets as police took calls from Texans who witnessed the animal on the move.

Police got lucky enough to keep the animal from hurting itself or anyone else for that matter, and in the end, the Zebra was given a tranquilizer and then transported via helicopter back to its original owners. Hours later the Zebra passed away but it is not known exactly why. I guess If I was suddenly knocked out by a tranquilizer dart and suddenly woke up swinging from a helicopter hundreds of feet above the city, I don't know that I would survive that joy ride either.

The other Zerbra who escaped returned home on its own. Both animals had just been sold to an owner off of Highway 46 South.