• The drill simulates a scenario where a zebra escapes and the Ueno Zoo workers, local police and emergency personnel practise evacuation and capture. Christopher Jue / Getty Images
    The drill simulates a scenario where a zebra escapes and the Ueno Zoo workers, local police and emergency personnel practise evacuation and capture. Christopher Jue / Getty Images
  • Zookeepers carry a zoo staff member dressed as a zebra onto a small van. Christopher Jue / Getty Images
    Zookeepers carry a zoo staff member dressed as a zebra onto a small van. Christopher Jue / Getty Images
  • The zebra is caught by a man in a small van. About 150 zookeepers participated in the annual drill. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP Photo
    The zebra is caught by a man in a small van. About 150 zookeepers participated in the annual drill. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP Photo
  • The zookeepers close in. Shizuo Kambayashi / AP Photo
    The zookeepers close in. Shizuo Kambayashi / AP Photo
  • Employees at Ueno Zoo use a net to capture a mock zebra during the emergency drill in Tokyo. Shizuo Kambayashi / AP Photo
    Employees at Ueno Zoo use a net to capture a mock zebra during the emergency drill in Tokyo. Shizuo Kambayashi / AP Photo
  • Zookeepers feign injuries following an attack by an 'escaped zebra'. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP Photo
    Zookeepers feign injuries following an attack by an 'escaped zebra'. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP Photo
  • Surrounded by 150 members of staff, the zebra appears to have given up. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP Photo
    Surrounded by 150 members of staff, the zebra appears to have given up. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP Photo

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Zebra crossing: Japanese zookeepers prepare for animal escape - in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

February 02, 2016

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Employees of the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo worked with local police and emergency personnel on a drill that simulated a zebra escaping from its cage.

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