A pet zebra has finally been captured after he escaped - sparking a week-long manhunt across Tennessee.

Dramatic video footage captured the moment Ed the Zebra was airlifted by a helicopter while wrapped in a net rocking side to side.

'Ed was airlifted and flown by helicopter back to a waiting animal trailer,' the sheriff's office said in a statement.

The zebra's owner first reported him missing on May 31, just one day after Ed arrived at his new home in Christiana on May 30.

Ed was spotted galloping along the busy Interstate 24 in shocking video footage.