Japanese well-wishers flocked to a Tokyo zoo on Wednesday to get their last glimpse of a possibly pregnant panda before she goes into confinement.

A female panda at a Tokyo zoo appears to be pregnant, zoo officials said on Friday, raising hopes for a safe birth five years after her first cub died within days of being born.

A runaway zebra led police on a dramatic chase across a golf course in Japan, until its bid for freedom ended in death when it collapsed in a water trap.