By Associated Press - Monday, November 6, 2017

OELWEIN, Iowa (AP) - Authorities in northeast Iowa are investigating the shooting death of a zebra.

KCRG-TV reports Buchanan County Sheriff Bill Wolfgram confirmed the Oct. 31 shooting of the zebra in Oelwein, but he wouldn’t comment on a claim by the animal’s owner that a neighbor was too blame.

Mike Henninger says he found the 2½-year-old zebra named Taz dead from a gunshot wound. The death came after months of threatening texts, photos and videos from a neighbor, including images of him shooting a stuffed zebra.



On Saturday night, a neighbor identified by Henninger called KCRG and denied killing the zebra.

Wolfgram says an investigation of the shooting is continuing.

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Information from: KCRG-TV, http://www.kcrg.com

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