That's a pretty bad day...

[T.O.M.]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/pickaway-county/man-hospitalized-after-pickaway-county-zebra-attack/amp/

Long story short... guy has a farm where he raises zebras.  Apparently, he pissed off a male zebra, who attacked him and bit off the guy's arm.  Male zebra continued to attack/be aggressive until a deputy put it down.

See what this "spring forward" stuff does??? 

[Hawkmoon]

Yikes!

This gives rise to the obvious question: What caliber for zebras? The deputy in the photo was holding what appeared to be a fairly normal carbine, not an AR-15-style weapon of war and mass destruction.

[Pb]

I used to work with zerbras in a zoo.  They are neat animals, but scary.  I thought if any animal killed me, it would be a zebra running over me.

Biting an arm off is a new one for me though.   

[WLJ]

Yikes!

: What caliber for zebras? The deputy in the photo was holding what appeared to be a fairly normal carbine, not an AR-15-style weapon of war and mass destruction.

Looked like a pump shotgun to me

[HankB]

Yikes!

This gives rise to the obvious question: What caliber for zebras? The deputy in the photo was holding what appeared to be a fairly normal carbine, not an AR-15-style weapon of war and mass destruction.

I used a .30/06 with a 180 grain Nosler Partition.

[cordex]

Man, that's wild. 

I've dealt with aggressive animals before, but this is a horse of a different color.  He definitely earned his stripes as a dangerous animal.

[BobR]

I took care of a lady one time after a stallion (horse) got irritated and bit her. Instant mastectomy. Those things are not big dogs.

bob

[JTHunter]

One account from a PCSO deputy in the incident report says the “zebra was aggressive due to being protective of about five or six female zebras that were in the field.”

"Spring breeding season".
And it appears that the man will keep his right arm as it was not "bitten off".

[Northwoods]

Man, that's wild. 

I've dealt with aggressive animals before, but this is a horse of a different color.  He definitely earned his stripes as a dangerous animal.

Well played sir.

[Northwoods]

I used a .30/06 with a 180 grain Nosler Partition.

Yep, they’re not especially hard to kill.  Anything that would work for a horse would be plenty.

[T.O.M.]

Looks like a good old fashioned 870 did the trick.  No idea what they were loaded with.  Probably some variation of buckshot, but a lot of rural departments around here keep a box of slugs in the cruisers for wildlife or farm animals.

[230RN]

Man, that's wild. 

I've dealt with aggressive animals before, but this is a horse of a different color.  He definitely earned his stripes as a dangerous animal.

Very good.

Looked like a slung pump shotgun to me, street sweeper, trench-gun style at glance 1.    Probably 2 3/4" four buck at guess 1.  Maybe shorty Aguilars at guess 1 1/2.

:)

What does anyone raise zebras for?  Replacements for zoos?  For folks who want to "one-up" their horsey neighbors?  Meat?  Camouflage in snowstorm? 

Terry

[230RN]

Addendum:

This is quite negative regarding keeping and breeding wild animals.

MONSTERQUEST TV Show.

Tigers in the Suburbs
Season 3, Episode 24
In the third-season finale, reports of large cats, perhaps jaguars or leopards, roaming the eastern United States and killing deer, are explored.