I was shocked that the escaped zoo animals walking round Georgia hadn't been mentioned on here. Then realised it was Georgia the country, not Georgia the American state.
Not that it makes the floods or the roaming wild animals any less important for the local inhabitants.
Quote:
Georgia flood: Warning over escaped zoo animals
9 hours ago
Heavy flooding in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, has killed at least 12 people, with officials warning people to stay indoors to avoid animals that have escaped from a zoo.
The missing animals include tigers, lions, bears and wolves. Three of the dead people were found within the zoo.
A hippopotamus was cornered in one of the city's main squares and subdued with a tranquiliser gun.
Sarah Rainsford reports.
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Link to BBC article above, including footage of a bear huddled on a windowsill, a hippo wearing a tranquiliser dart as an earring, and a mercifully brief photo of what I think is a drowned tiger
