Hello!
I'm from Croatia and I recently bought seven little zebras (3,5 cm) from Germany. Those are frist zebras in Croatia after many years and I think that I am only one to have them for now.
Nothing beats having zebras. Take care of them because, if you are correct, you are going to have to make the offspring available to other fish keepers to get a population going there again.
What makes the common person uncommon is common sense.