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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fugitive-zebras-shot-by-ranchers.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Three zebras from the Hearst Ranch in California were fatally shot by neighbouring ranchers" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-fugitive-zebras-shot-by-ranchers.jpg" alt="Three zebras from the Hearst Ranch in California were fatally shot by neighbouring ranchers"/></a></p>
<p>Three zebras that escaped from the Hearst Ranch in California were shot to death by neighbouring ranchers who claim the exotic animals were threatening their horses and cattle.</p>
<p>The animals are descendants of zebras brought to the San Simeon estate of William Randolph Hearst in 1923 as part of the publisher&#8217;s private zoo.</p>
<p>About 80 zebras currently wander the property around Hearst Castle, and three escaped last week.</p>
<p>Green Valley Cattle owner David Fiscalini said he shot two of the zebras because they were chasing seven horses on his property about 10 miles from the Hearst Ranch.</p>
<p>The third zebra was shot by another neighbour after it got into a herd of cows.</p>
<p>After shooting the animals, Mr Fiscalini took them to a taxidermist to have their hides tanned, he told the San Luis Obispo Tribune. He did not want to waste the hides, he said.</p>
<p>William Randolph Hearst&#8217;s great-grandson, Steve Hearst, said the ranchers should have called the Hearst Ranch to report the runaway zebras. &#8220;Neighbours are usually there to help their neighbours, not shoot their zebras,&#8221; Mr Hearst said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a shame they took that action.&#8221;</p>
<p>But Mr Fiscalini said there was not time to call. It is branding time on his ranch, and replacing a horse that might have been injured in a clash with the zebras would have cost him tens of thousands of dollars, he explained.</p>
<p>&#8220;These zebras have no respect for fences. They tear fences down and go right through them,&#8221; Mr Fiscalini said.</p>
<p>Mr Hearst said: &#8220;They have some respect for a fence. But if they want to move, they&#8217;ll hop the fence.&#8221;</p>
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