Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Posted on 10/10/2010 4:12:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A MARONDERA woman is lucky to be alive after a pet zebra her family had been keeping over the last 10 years ran riot, biting off part of her breast and chewing off her thumb.
Anne Mhidza, 40, managed to escape almost literally from “the jaws of death” after getting the zebra to release its vice-like grip by forcing open its mouth.
Speaking from her hospital bed, Mhidza said a herd-boy employed by her family picked up the zebra while it was still a foal some 10 years ago.
She said they decided to rear it along with their cattle.
“We were shocked last week when the zebra bit one of the cows in the hind quarters as they were grazing,” she said.
“The cow bled profusely and later died. On Sunday last week, it attacked another cow. Instinctively, I threw a brick at it.”
She said the zebra then abandoned the cow and charged at her.
“I managed to run for about 40 metres but it caught up with me. It pounced on my chest, biting off part of my breast,” she said.
“While I was calling out for help I tried to force open its mouth using my hands and it bit off my thumb!”
Mhidza’s relatives later rushed to the scene and stoned the zebra, which retreated to a nearby bush as it munched the thumb.
Villagers in the area immediately telephoned Parks and Wildlife Management Authority officials who promptly responded by dispatching a team to kill it.
Parks and Wildlife Management spokesperson Caroline Washaya-Moyo said domesticating wild animals was not only against the law but also dangerous.
This thread is useless without pictures.
That’s a headline you don’t see everyday.
Well...this misogynist zebra has certainly shown its stripes!
BTW - I love your submissions, Nick.
Zebras! They will eat you!*
*underwire zebra only, not all models approved for sale in the U.S., use only as directed.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Well, I couldn’t do it without a lot of weird people and things out there. But, thanks.
I don’t think I would throw a brick at an animal that was larger than me, especially if it was attacking something else!
You are one of the key reasons I finally decided to pony/zebra up and donate.
I am humbled. I hope they are worthy distractions from repairing novel-writing machines.
There’s how they can get Mugabe. Trained attack zebras.
I thought “riotous zebra” was an Obama reference, somehow.
Great tagline, BTW.
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Oh nevermind me. I get it now.
Duh. Blonde. Blonde. Blonde.
It’s good to be abreast of news like this.
Uh-oh...
Yes, and the woman was probably glad to get it off her chest.
I can’t help but feel at least partially deflated reading this story.
Sorry, I just had to get that off my chest.
Woman attacked by Zebra with breast fetish ping.
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