BAGHDAD – When the call came in, Capt. Curt Degeyter knew he had to act fast. A seven-month-old male tiger at the Baghdad Zoo was acting sluggish and experiencing tremors; by all signs he was getting worse. No one at the zoo could determine the problem and if something wasn’t done soon, the tiger might die. Upon hearing of the animal’s plight March 24, Degeyter, a doctor of veterinary medicine assigned to 1st Armored Division, U.S. Division - Center, quickly made his own calls to other U.S. Army veterinarians to help formulate a plan of action. When Degeyter received the...