Escape-artist zebra back at zoo after Seoul adventure

Adventure is over: Sero being placed into a truck after being tranquillised by handlers after escaping from his pen at the Seoul Children’s Grand Park in Seoul. — AFP

Seoul: A zebra that escaped its pen and roamed freely for hours through the South Korean capital, captivating the Internet and sparking thousands of memes, is safely back at the zoo, officials said.

Sero the zebra is back in his pen in a “stable condition, healthy and sound,” an official at the Seoul Children’s Grand Park said yesterday, after the animal spent three hours on Thursday trotting along roads and dodging cars before he was finally cornered by park wardens.