Drunk animal keeper takes tiger cub for a walk at shopping mall

Witnesses captured multiple videos showing the man walking and playing with the small tiger cub outside the Ryazan Shopping Mall in Russia.

The man, who worked at a circus , was showing off the young animal and could be seen teasing it.

Media reports in Russia say the man was drunk.

Police responded to shoppers saying their was a tiger at the mall. On arrival they found the man drunk, and fined him about $70 (35 thousand Naira)  on a petty hooliganism citation.

The circus said the man was an employee charged with caring for the animals and was fired following the incident.

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