Zebra â yes, a zebra â captured after escape in Cookeville 'It escaped a truck, was tased, and is mad.' A zebra has been captured after its escape prompted a Cookeville area elementary school to issue a warning to parents on social media. Posted at 8:36 AM, May 07, 2021 and last updated 2021-05-07 19:59:17-04 COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â A zebra was captured after it escaped from a livestock auction in Cookeville, prompting an elementary school to issue a warning to parents on social media. The zebra escaped from the Triple W Alternative Livestock Auction on West Cemetery Road Friday. Cookeville Police officers and Putnam County deputies were called to help auction employees try to capture it.