What’s black and white and is inside a college campus?
Emory University officials say the early morning discovery of a zebra in a campus building was the latest in a history of animal-related pranks.
Someone — officials figure it was students — broke into Seney Hall on the school’s Oxford campus and placed a live zebra on the third floor. Public safety workers found the full-grown animal when they opened the building about 7 a.m., said Dean Stephen Bowen.
Bowen said it was immediately clear this was part of a long-standing tradition of depositing farm and zoo animals on campus.
The last time it happened, however, was in the 1960s when someone placed a cow in the same building.
“It’s been about 50 years, and we hope it’s another 50 years” before it happens again, Bowen said shortly after Newton County animal control officers removed the zebra about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Bowen said it was unlikely the responsible party would be punished.
“We’re not launching a major manhunt” he joked.
Whoever put the zebra in the building made sure it didn’t get hurt.
“They lined up a row of chairs so the animal couldn’t get close to the windows and injure itself,” Bowen said.
No one immediately reported a missing zebra, Bowen said, leading school officials to believe the owner may have been in on the prank.
This is metro Atlanta’s second zebra incident in recent weeks.
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