--- description: Hippos and bears, among other animals, escaped from a Tbilisi zoo this weekend after heavy flooding. title: See the Zoo Animals That Escaped in Georgia image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03c4758424772af4/69885482cd1bba1a6b6fbcf4/tbilisi-georgia-escaped-zoo-animals-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [animals](/tag/animals/) ## animals Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See the Zoo Animals That Escaped in Georgia by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 15, 2015 1:02 PM CUT  A hippopotamus stands in the mud in front of a Swatch watch kiosk after it escaped from a flooded zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 14, 2015. A hippopotamus stands in the mud in front of a Swatch watch kiosk after it escaped from a flooded zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 14, 2015.Beso Gulashvili—AP by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 15, 2015 1:02 PM CUT  A hippopotamus stands in the mud in front of a Swatch watch kiosk after it escaped from a flooded zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 14, 2015. Beso Gulashvili—AP  A bear tries to save itself from a flooded zoo area in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 14, 2015. Beso Gulashvili—AP  An elephant that escaped from a flooded zoo stands behind bars inside the zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 14, 2015. Tinatin Kiguradze—AP  An animal escaped from a flooded zoo stands in mud in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 14, 2015. Tinatin Kiguradze—AP  A wounded swan is seen at a flooded zoo area in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 14, 2015. Beso Gulashvili—AP  A zebra and other animals escaped from a flooded zoo stand on a hill inside the zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 14, 2015. Tinatin Kiguradze—AP  A rhinoceros escaped from a flooded zoo walks inside the zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 14, 2015. Tinatin Kiguradze—AP  People assist a hippopotamus that has been shot with a tranquilizer dart after it escaped from a flooded zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 14, 2015. Tinatin Kiguradze—AP  The footprints of an animal are seen in the mud in the grounds of a flooded zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 15, 2015. Pavel Golovkin—AP ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3920994/escaped-zoo-animals-tbilisi-georgia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3920994/escaped-zoo-animals-tbilisi-georgia/"},"headline":"See the Zoo Animals That Escaped in Georgia","datePublished":"2015-06-15T13:02:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:03:03.820Z","description":"Hippos and bears, among other animals, escaped from a Tbilisi zoo this weekend after heavy flooding. At least a dozen people, and several animals, have died in the floods","url":"https://time.com/3920994/escaped-zoo-animals-tbilisi-georgia/","keywords":["animals","georgia","photography","Zoo","Flood","Bear"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03c4758424772af4/69885482cd1bba1a6b6fbcf4/tbilisi-georgia-escaped-zoo-animals-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03c4758424772af4/69885482cd1bba1a6b6fbcf4/tbilisi-georgia-escaped-zoo-animals-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Georgia Flooding Zoo Animals Escaped","caption":"Georgia Flooding Zoo Animals Escaped","creditText":"Beso Gulashvili—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/animals/","name":"animals"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3920994/escaped-zoo-animals-tbilisi-georgia/","name":"See the Zoo Animals That Escaped in Georgia"}}]}] ```