Drunk soldiers and hungry tigers should not mix. From U.S. Soldier Kills Baghdad Tiger After Attack:
A U.S. soldier shot dead a rare Bengal tiger at Baghdad zoo after the animal injured a colleague who was trying to feed it through the cage bars, the zoo’s manager said on Saturday.Adil Salman Mousa told Reuters a group of U.S. soldiers were having a party in the zoo on Thursday night, after it had closed.
‘Someone was trying to feed the tigers,’ he said. ‘The tiger bit his finger off and clawed his arm. So his colleague took a gun and shot the tiger.’
The night watchman said the soldiers had arrived in military vehicles but were casually dressed and were drinking beer.