Ed, the runaway zebra in Tennessee , who became the talk of the town, or rather the country, and sparked a barrage of memes has been caught after being on the loose for more than a week.

The striped equid, nicknamed “Ed” by the social media users tracking his escapades ," was finally captured in a field in Christiana, about 45 miles south of Nashville, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office said in a post on Facebook , adding "Ed was airlifted and flown by helicopter back to a waiting animal trailer." News Channel 5 reported the zebra was hit with a tranquilizer dart and strapped in before it was airlifted via helicopter to be returned to captivity and seen by a veterinarian.

Video footage from the rescue operation shows the zebra, wrapped in net with just his head poking out,

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