There are plenty of animals that are said to get drunk on their travels. Honeybees can get drunk off of tree sap and are often attacked by their sober companions, elephants on sweet fruits and monkeys in Caribbean hotel resorts sneaking sips of cocktails purchased by their guests. In 1829, one cow belonging to a merry man called John Bull decided it was her time to get tipsy.
“DRUNKEN COW.- John Bull is often drunk, why may not his cow get tipsy sometimes? A curious affair took place at Bulwell, Notts, on the 6th inst.: Mr. Adin, having been brewing some ale against the feast, set it outside the building to cool; a cow, attracted to the spot by the odour, tasted it, and finding it as pleasant to the palate as it had been to the smell, actually drank the whole, consisting of twelve gallons and a half! It did not seem to do her any harm.”
Stamford Mercury, 16 October 1829.