The men killed a goat ‘because they were hungry'(Picture: Getty Images)

Two men have been jailed after killing a goat at a petting zoo because they were apparently hungry.

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The Romanians butchered the animal at Berlin’s Hasenheide Park in February.

The men, both 29, were caught after witnesses who saw them breaking into the zoo called police.

Officers caught one of the suspects with a knife and they also found a rucksack containing a goat’s leg and bloody gloves.


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The incident happened at a petting zoo in Hasenheide park, Berlin (Picture: Getty Images)

They later discovered the duo had snacked on an angora goat before they arrived because they were apparently hungry.



Berlin district court convicted the men today of theft and killing an animal without good reason.

It was revealed one of the suspects had a previous conviction for theft and he was sentenced to ten months in prison.

His accomplice received nine months.

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