Sunday, June 14, 2015

Lions, bears, wolves and a hippo escape from Zoo in Georgia after serious flood ...now roaming the streets - Pics



Before being cornered, pictures showed the large hippo wandering along a main street among stranded cars on a dual carriageway 

Wild animals including lions, tigers, bears, jaguars, wolves and other animals escaped from their zoo this morning after serious flood and are currently roaming the streets of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia (a country at the intersection of Europe and Asia). According to officials in the city capital, the flooding has killed at least 8 people and several animals in the zoo died. The ones that didn’t die in the flood, which happened after a river burst its banks in central Tbilisi after hours of torrential rain, are now roaming the streets. Dozens of families are now without shelter after their homes were flooded and cars swept away. Thousands of people are currently left without water and electricity.


Some of the animals that escaped from their enclosure have been captured by security forces while the more dangerous one have been shot dead. See some photos below…




A hippo who escaped from a zoo in the Georgian capital Tbilisi after flash flood destroyed the animal





As well as the hippo, tigers, lions, bears and wolves has escaped for their pens, forcing the city to be placed on lockdown by authorities 






The escaped hippo was eventually cornered in the main square of Tbilisi and was subdued by being shot with a tranquiliser gun





Residents of Tbilisi were being urged to stay indoors until authorities can track down all of the dangerous animals that escaped from their pens 





Helicopters are now circling the city of Tbilisi, which is home to around 1.1million people, to track down all of the escaped animals 











The tranquilised hippo is pushed along the street in Tbilisi after escaping from the zoo during flash floods in the Georgian capital 






A bear takes refuge on a window ledge of a building to escape from the flood waters below after escaping from a zoo. A total of eight bears broke free from the facility after their enclosure was destroyed 





A runaway bear sits on an air conditioning unit of a second floor building above the flooded street below as rescuers in a boat look on 





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





A man tries to save a bird, which had to be rescued from a flooded area of Tbilisi Zoo, which also saw three zookeepers killed 


A man tries to save a bird, which had to be rescued from a flooded area of Tbilisi Zoo, which also saw three zookeepers killed





A rescue worker tends to the body of a lion near to a flooded area of the zoo in Tbilisi after a deluge of heavy rain and wind overnight 






People began posting pictures on Twitter of some of the other animals which are thought to have escaped. This picture reportedly shows wolves in the back of a truck, that were shot dead 





Armed police stand on patrol in a flooded street in Tbilisi, where six tigers, six lions and eight bears broke free from their enclosures 





Heavy rains and wind have battered Tbilisi, and the flash floods have already killed up to 12 people in the Georgian capital, including three zoo workers 





Cars and debris are seen floating along the once busy streets of Tbilisi which has been turned into wasteland by the freak weather 





City mayor David Narmania told journalists that at least eight people were known to have died in the floods which also damaged dozens of homes 





Rescuers work to evacuate a woman and two children from the dangerous flood waters. Up to 10 people have been killed and another 10 are missing







Lions, bears, wolves and a hippo escape from Zoo in Georgia after serious flood ...now roaming the streets - Pics

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