Sunday 14 June 2015

Tbilisi flood: 'Seven people dead' and zoo animals on loose in city after freak storm

Wolves, bears, tigers, lions and a hippo have all been set loose from a major city zoo in a freak flood that also killed seven people.


Terrified residents have been warned to stay in doors by frantic authorities in Tbilisi, Geoorgia, after the flood sent dozens of dangerous animals roaming the streets last night.


Among the dead people are said to be three zookeepers.


One of those who died was Guliko Chitadze, a zookeeper who according to reports in Georgia lost his arm in a separate attack by a lion last month.


The Zoo Administration said six lions, six tigers, seven bears, one hippo and 13 wolves escaped the zoo.


REUTERS/Beso Gulashvili

Stunned: The hippo wandered through the main street

Amazing photos  showing a hippopotamus wandering along major roadways have been shared across social networks.


The massive animal was seen trotting down a dual carriage way and then stopping to eat from a tree in the city centre.


Tbilisi flood: Live updates as zoo animals wreak havoc after escaping during freak flood


Tbilisi floods
Cool animal: A bear was spotted hiding on an airconditioning unit

Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, was battered by flooding last night that also hit the city’s zoo.


Animals were all set free in the ensuing chaos and while some of them have already been re-captured or killed more were still on the loose, local news agency Civil.gesaid.


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