Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Escaped white tiger from flooded Georgia zoo KILLS a man hours after government officials said all the dangerous animals had been rounded up

                  Armed police stand on patrol in a flooded street in Tbilisi, where six tigers, six lions and eight bears broke free from their enclosures 
A white tiger which escaped from a zoo during apocalyptic flooding in the Georgian capital has killed a man, it emerged today.
Dozens of wild animals including bears, wolves and a hippo ran amok through Tbilisi on Sunday after torrential rain allowed them to flee their enclosures.
The city has been placed on lock-down ever since, with police and wildlife experts still trying to round up the animals. 
The tiger killed the man and injured another in Laguna Vere, a mixed residential and commercial area with a swimming and sporting complex in central Tbilisi. 
News of the death comes hours after the government said all of the lions and tigers that went missing had been found dead, based on information from zookeepers. 
The victim, the owner of a textile plant, is understood to have been attacked when he entered the company's warehouse where the animal was hiding. see more photo after the cut...

JUNE 14 2015
 Georgia flood: Tbilisi residents warned over zoo animals

        
Heavy flooding in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, has killed eight people and officials are warning residents to stay indoors to avoid animals that have escaped from a zoo. 
The missing animals include tigers, lions, bears and wolves. It is believed that a zookeeper is among the dead.
       Rescuers carry a large crocodile to safety after it was found under a pile of wood and debris in Tbilisi following heavy floods in the Georgian capital
       A rescue worker tends to the body of a lion near to a flooded area of the zoo in Tbilisi on Sunday after a deluge of heavy rain and wind. Another lion killed a man on Wednesday
       
            A woman's body was found in a car buried under debris after flash flooding hit Tbilisi early on Sunday
A hippopotamus was cornered in one of the city's main squares and subdued with a tranquiliser gun.
Rescue workers are searching submerged homes to check for trapped residents.
Dozens of people have been left homeless after their houses were damaged or destroyed.
Mayor Davit Narmania said the situation was "very grave".
       
Other animals have been recaptured or killed though it is unclear how many are missing. Helicopters are now circling the city as part of a search and rescue operation.
Tbilisi's vice-mayor, Irakly Lekvinadze, estimated the preliminary damage at $10m (£6.43m).
             Apocalyptic: A tranquilized hippo is pushed along the street in Tbilisi after escaping from the zoo during flash floods in the Georgian capital which allowed dozens of wild animals to run amok across the city
             A handout picture provided by the Georgian Prime Minister's press office shows a runaway bear sitting on the window of the second floor of a building on the flooded street in Tbilisi, Georgia on 14 June 2015
             A bear tries to escape from the rising and rapid flood waters by clambering on top of debris after it broke free from Tbilisi Zoo when the animals' pens were destroyed by the water 
             A man shoots a tranquilizer dart to put a hippopotamus to sleep at a flooded street in Tbilisi, Georgia, 14 June 2015
             Flood damage at Tbilisi zoo
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