It was easy to identify the escapees — they were wearing stripes.

Two endangered Kenyan zebras, a mother and baby, broke out of their enclosure at the Boston Zoo, forcing the evacuation of the park until they were caught.

It was the baby’s first day on exhibit, and she apparently didn’t enjoy the spotlight.

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Think texting while driving is dangerous?

The Canadian Mounties in Newfoundland report a new problem — hunters shooting moose while motoring along the highways.

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The US military kicked Saddam Hussein’s ass.

And now you can, too, if you’re prepared to spend a few bucks.

A bronze piece of the Iraqi dictator’s buttocks from the statue famously toppled by American troops is going on auction.

The seller of the dead despot’s derriere is Nigel Ely, a British journalist who was covering the war and was given permission by US Marines to take the souvenir.

“When I mentioned to the Marines that I was an old soldier . . . they told me, ‘No problem, buddy. Help yourself,’ ’’ he said.

He’ll donate the proceeds to groups that aid wounded US and British troops.

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Speaking of Saddam and his ass . . .

Mahamed Bishr, an Egyptian who’s Saddam’s spitting image, says he was kidnapped after refusing a $330,000 offer to play his lookalike in a porn film.

His gun-toting abductors, he said, threw him in a car, began arguing with one another, and then let him go before he got his chance at movie stardom.

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Justice in Ireland may soon be bald, as well as blind.

To save money, the Irish government says it will no longer pay for judges’ wigs.

Until now, each new judge has received a white-dyed horsehair wig that costs taxpayers about $3,000.