Zebras are notoriously hard to train because as a species, they have defied domestication. They can be aggressive, and have a history of randomly attacking human trainers which has limited their use in movies and circuses.

That doesn’t mean that

people don’t continue to try training zebras and it appears that some trainers have more success than others. Sammi Jo Stohler, of Zebra Guru in Texas, discovered that Zack had a particular talent for jumping . . . when he kept jumping out of his paddock. According to their website, http://www.zebraguru.com,

Zebra Guru specializes in zebra training and sales. We offer quality zebra foals, trained weanlings, wild zebras and occasionally trained adults for purchase. Zebra Guru provides specialized training and consulting, including our Zebra Kindergarten Program, in which we will raise your zebra foal from infant to weanling and begin basic training to suit your needs. We can help solve problems such as aggression, destructive behaviors, fear and breeding issues. Zebra Guru can develop exercise programs and feeding schedules that best suit the needs of individual animals. We will work with animals being trained for movies, TV commercials, or educational demonstrations, as well as, animals in more natural settings such as wildlife parks, zoos or animal sanctuaries.