Zeek the zebraCLEVELAND, TENN. – Zeke the zebra has always preferred his own company.
“This zebra’s kind of an individual, and he kind of wants to be by himself,” said Ronald Price, Zeke’s owner, who keeps a menagerie of animals, mostly for the pleasure of looking at them.
He’s had Zeke for about six months. But for the last three months, Zeke has been a zebra about town, after escaping one day when a gate was left open.
Zeke’s getting his moment in the media spotlight — even, Price noted, amidst the buzz surrounding Cleveland Police Chief Wes Snyder’s sudden retirement last week. Zeke’s been all over the news and Internet. Price said folks have started calling to say they spotted Zeke and will try to catch him. He’s driving all over south Cleveland to follow up on leads.
“We know where he’s at, we just can’t catch him,” he said Friday.