男性襲ったシマウマ射殺　米

【ワシントンＤ．Ｃ．（米国）ＡＦＰ＝時事】米オハイオ州当局は、男性を襲って重傷を負わせたシマウマを警察官が射殺したと発表した。（写真は警察官に射殺されたシマウマ。警察のボディーカメラの映像より。オハイオ州ピッカウェイ郡保安官事務所提供）
　「事件」があったのは州都コロンバス南郊のサークルビル。現場となったロナルド・クリフトンさん（７２）宅に１２日、警官が駆け付けたところ、クリフトンさんは「右肘のすぐ下の部分から出血しているようだった」という。
　手当てをしていると、クリフトンさんを襲った雄のシマウマが戻って来て、その場にいた家族や警官らを威嚇した。警官のボディーカメラには、棒を手にした男性と警官が追い払おうとするがうまくいかず、結局、警官が頭を銃で撃つ様子が捉えられている。
　クリフトンさんのけがの状態については情報が錯綜（さくそう）している。ピッカウェー郡保安官事務所は当初、腕を「シマウマにかみちぎられた」と報告していたが、警察はＡＦＰに対し、骨折との見方を示した。
　クリフトンさん一家は自宅敷地でシマウマを飼育していたとみられる。警察は、雄のシマウマは敷地内の５～６頭の雌を守ろうとした可能性があると述べた。
　地元テレビ局によると、シマウマはオハイオ州法で危険な野生動物に分類されておらず、合法的に飼育できる。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/03/15-16:57）

A US man remained hospitalized Tuesday after he was attacked and severely injured by his own aggressive zebra, which was shot dead by police, officers in the state of Ohio said.
Initial reports from the sheriff's office in Pickaway County, Ohio say the arm of 72-year-old Ronald Clifton was dismembered and that one officer rushed to apply a tourniquet as other police responders fended off the hoofed African animal.
Police Deputy Michael Oberley reported that as he arrived on the scene of Sunday's incident, a large male zebra charged my driver side door and was acting very hostile.
Clifton appeared to have a hemorrhage on his right arm just below the elbow the officer said.
While Oberley was attending to the victim, the zebra returned and was threatening the Clifton family and other police.
Video footage from an officer's body camera showed a man chasing the zebra with a stick. After that failed and another officer tried in vain to scare the animal away, the officer shot the zebra in the head.
The exact injury to Clifton was unclear. While one deputy, Nathan Welch, wrote in his report that the victim's arm had been bit off by the zebra, a police spokesperson told AFP they believe the arm was broken.
An Ohio health care spokeswoman said Clifton is in fair condition at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center.
Clifton's family are the apparent owners of the animal on their property in Circleville, south of the Ohio capital Columbus. Police said the zebra may have been seeking to protect the five or six female zebras that were seen in the property's field during the incident.
Zebras are not classified as dangerous wild animals under Ohio law and are legal to own in the state, a local NBC affiliate reported.