KING COUNTY, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – A zebra that has been hoofing through the foothills of King County for multiple days was recaptured nearly a week after she escaped with three other zebras from a trailer on I-90.
Local residents and animal control officers corralled the zebra named Shug about 30 miles east of Seattle on the night of May 3.
Shug was one of four zebras that escaped as they were being transported from Washington to Montana last Sunday. The driver had stopped to secure the trailer when the animals got loose.
Three were quickly captured after being corralled in a pasture, but the fourth hopped a fence and ultimately disappeared.
Shug’s adventure quickly captured public attention, spawning social media memes that placed the animal everywhere from riding a ferry across Puget Sound to rounding the bases at T-Mobile Park.
Shug will now be transported to Montana to join the rest of the group.