In a scene reminiscent of the movie Madagascar, police in Tennessee helped to round up an escaped Zebra!

No, this one was not named Marty, nor corralled in New York’s Times Square. This zany zebra escaped from an exotic animal auction in Cookeville, TN, which is about 80 miles east of Nashville.

According to local news outlets, the Cookeville Police Department and the Putnam County Sherriff’s office assisted Triple W employees to capture the “agitated” zebra early on the morning of May 7.

People in the community called 9-1-1 dispatchers wondering why there was a zebra loose in their town as officers responded to wrangle the animal.

The zebra ran onto Highway 111, but luckily, it was not hurt due to the lack of traffic. Multiple methods were used to attempt to regain control of the animal. At one point, two police officers made “unsuccessful attempts” to deploy stun guns to redirect or capture the animal.

It took nearly three hours to corner and direct the zebra onto a transport trailer.

A nearby elementary school alerted parents in a Facebook post that “There is a zebra on the loose in the Prescott area. It escaped a truck, was tased and is mad. Do not approach. (Yes, really.)”

Prescott South Middle School teacher Ashley Danielle Francis told WSMV-TV that she noticed the zebra while driving to work, calling it the “craziest thing I  think I’ve ever seen in this town.”