December 14th Update: The remaining two zebras that went missing from an exotic animal farm in Upper Malboro, MD back on August 22 have been located. The zebras are reported to be back with the rest of the herd at the farm located on Duley Station Road. A third zebra that also went missing from the farm was found dead in an illegal snare trap nearby the property back in September.
Prince George’s County has filed three counts of criminal animal cruelty against Jerry Holly, the owner of the animal farm. A second dead zebra was also found on Holly’s property.
According to the Washington Post, Holly operates a second farm in Florida and has been cited for “multiple animal welfare violations that include inadequate veterinary care, unsafe enclosures and dirty conditions, according to USDA inspection records.”
Prince George’s County Animal Services were not involved in the capture, but were notified by the farm owners on Monday that the zebras had been recovered.
Video footage of the zebras below from WUSA9:
@wusa9's SKY9 flying over the Upper Marlboro, MD farm where at least two zebras were seen this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/aIcJ6bMbLp
— Spencer Allan Brooks (@SpencerSays) December 14, 2021
October 15th Update: According to FOX5, Officials from the Maryland Natural Resources Police have confirmed that one of the escaped zebras roaming in Prince George’s County has been found dead.
The zebra was found in an illegal snare trap in the 10000 block of Duley Station Road in Upper Marlboro, MD.
Two zebras remain on the loose.
September 15th Update: As of Tuesday, September 15, zebras are still on the loose in Prince George’s County. The latest update we received was that there was a total of five zebras roaming the area of Croom Road and Duley Station Road in Upper Marlboro. The animals escaped from an exotic animal far that recently received a shipment of 39 zebras.
September 8th:
Three zebras were spotted in Upper Marlboro, MD on Tuesday. According to NBC4, the zebras escaped from a nearby farm.
They were last see in the area of Croom Road and Duley Station Road.
Zebras are legal to own in the state of Maryland.
According to animallaw.info,a person may not own foxes, skunks, raccoons, bears, caimans, alligators, crocodiles, wild cats, wolves, nonhuman primates, and venomous snakes in the state.
If you spot the zebras, please contact
Prince George’s Animal Services Facility
Phone: 301-780-7200
3750 Brown Station Road
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
“I thought it was a deer for a second and then I saw it was a zebra – a whole zebra right next to our playground right next to the fence," Layla, a young girl in Upper Malboro who spotted them, said.🦓 https://t.co/hMdhGBf4nK
— NBC4 Washington (@nbcwashington) September 8, 2021