{"id":1887370,"date":"2023-03-15T08:25:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T12:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-forced-to-shoot-zebra-in-ohio-after-it-nearly-rips-mans-arm-off-moves-in-on-deputy\/"},"modified":"2023-03-15T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T12:30:00","slug":"police-forced-to-shoot-zebra-in-ohio-after-it-nearly-rips-mans-arm-off-moves-in-on-deputy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-forced-to-shoot-zebra-in-ohio-after-it-nearly-rips-mans-arm-off-moves-in-on-deputy\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Forced To Shoot Zebra In Ohio After It Nearly Rips Man\u2019s Arm Off, Moves In On Deputy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-forced-to-shoot-zebra-in-ohio-after-it-nearly-rips-mans-arm-off-moves-in-on-deputy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1887370&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> After a zebra nearly tore off a man&#8217;s arm on his Ohio farm property, law enforcement officers were forced to take out a zebra.<\/p>\n<p>After Ronald Clifton, 72, reported that he was attacked by an animal, Pickaway County Sheriff&#8217;s Office officers received the call at 5:30 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The operator was stunned and asked the man. &#8220;You got attacked by a what?!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh hell yes, I think he tore my arm off \u2026 send a chopper,&#8221; Clifton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/ohio-zebra-mauls-mans-arm-deputies-put-it-down-think-he-tore-arm-off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Answered<\/a>. &#8220;Come before it gets me again!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Deputies arrived on the scene to find a herd zebras. One deputy parked his vehicle between the victim, and the zebra.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the zebra actually went up to our deputy, the first one that was on scene, and poked his head towards the driver&#8217;s side of his car and his window,&#8221; Jonathan Strawser is Pickaway County Sheriff. &#8220;The deputy had to hit the air horn to get the zebra to go away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Clifton was being attended to by first responders, deputies kept their guns drawn and watched as the animal walked around nearby.<\/p>\n<p>The video shows that the zebra began to walk towards one of the deputy&#8217;s cars. He warned the animal to slow down and then opened fire from a distance of 15-20 feet. The deputy was only a few feet away when the zebra fell to his death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had to make a decision,&#8221; Sgt. Stacey Eitel comments in the clip. &#8220;I put a slug right between its eyes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eitel stated later in the video, &#8220;I ain&#8217;t going to let no one else get hurt. It wasn&#8217;t going to stop. It kept coming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/police-kill-zebra-after-bit-off-owners-arm\/story?id=97826368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> Eitel stated in his report, that the male Zebra he had to kill was &#8220;protective of about five or six female zebras that were in the field at this location upon our arrival.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One Ohio man called 911 after his arm was almost bit off by the zebra that he owned. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qPt1QRzxI9\">https:\/\/t.co\/qPt1QRzxI9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1S4sfpJasu\">pic.twitter.com\/1S4sfpJasu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Enquirer (@Enquirer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Enquirer\/status\/1635793086142980097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Clifton was transported to a nearby hospital. Clifton&#8217;s family states that he will not lose his arm and will make a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News affiliate in your area <a href=\"https:\/\/abc6onyourside.com\/news\/local\/mans-arm-dismembered-by-zebra-in-pickaway-county-zebra-killed-by-deputies-animal-attack-pickaway-county-sheriff-circleville-ohio-pickaway-county-sheriff\">reported<\/a> Zebras can be kept as pets in Ohio, so they are unlikely to be removed from your property.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/police-forced-to-shoot-zebra-in-ohio-after-it-nearly-rips-mans-arm-off-moves-in-on-deputy\">Zebra Nearly Rips Man&#8217;s Arm, Police Force to Shoot It in Ohio<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law enforcement officials were forced to kill a zebra in Ohio on Sunday after it nearly tore a man\u2019s arm off on his rural property. Deputies from the Pickaway County Sheriff\u2019s Office received the call from 72-year-old Ronald Clifton at around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday after he reported being attacked by the animal. 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