STRIPES FOR STRIPES

Jerald Reiter, 55, of Cascade, Iowa, was backing his truck out of the Dog House Lounge parking lot Sunday night when police stopped him. His passengers? A small zebra in the back seat and a macaw parrot on his shoulder, the Telegraph Herald reports. Officers said Reiter's blood-alcohol level was .14 (the limit is .08), so he was charged with driving drunk (officially, operating while intoxicated). He admits he was behind the wheel but was going to let his other passenger -- his human buddy -- do the driving, according to the local Gazette. Reiter thinks someone in the crowd of gawkers called police to complain about the "welfare" of his novel pets, which often go for rides. He said his local watering hole often allows pets, but not Sunday night, because the owner told him food was being served."