Zebra found in building on college campus

OXFORD, Ga. (AP) A zebra named Barcode has been returned unharmed to its owner after someone placed it in a building on the Emory University at Oxford campus in Newton County as a prank.

The animal's owner, 63-year-old Curtis Jackson, didn't even know the 800-pound animal was missing until animal control officers returned Barcode to his home about a mile from campus Wednesday morning.

The animal's appearance didn't shock public safety workers too much when they opened the Seney Hall building around 7 a.m.

Putting animals inside the Seney Hall building has been done as a prank for decades at the Emory at Oxford campus.

Dean Stephen Bowen said he can recall at least one cow left there in the 1960s.

He said it's unlikely the person responsible will be punished. As he puts it, ``We're not launching a major manhunt.''