[ZOOKER]

A Zebra can stand right next to a 6 foot fence and jump it without taking a step first. They are very powerful animals and nothing to fool around with.

One has to wonder - why were they never domesticated? If they are so strong and so hardy?
Maybe they don't get along with people so well?

[SaxxonWoods]

I think that like Buffalo, they don’t domesticate.

[piasa]

Someone did train a team of zebras to pull a carriage on a bet... But I would think as a rule they are too flighty and fighty... Even regular jack asses are tough hombres.

[Rockingham]

For most species, true domestication is a long, hard slog. Dogs, cats, and horses "get" and like humans in that when reared with or otherwise accustomed to close contact with humans, they draw reliable signals from our facial expressions, tone of voice, and movements. This makes us comprehensible and interesting to to them -- even to the point of craving our attention and approval.

Not so with zebras, monkeys, apes, and most wild animals. Even when hand raised and tame, they retain a wild streak and can become dangerous with little warning. More than that, they do not get simple signals from humans that dogs and horses easily recognize. For zebras as a species, humans are alien beings not to be comprehended or trusted. With a few hundred years of intense selective breeding, that could change, but why bother?

[Hiddigeigei]

"Maybe they don't get along with people so well."
My grandfather ran a government experiment station. He had a couple of zebras he taught to pull him in a sulky. I have a photo of them doing it.