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Escaped Tiger From Georgia Zoo Kills Man and Is Put Down

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A white tiger, that had escaped from its enclosure during flooding, lies on the stretchers after it was killed by police in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 17, 2015.Reuters
By Justin Worland

A tiger that escaped from a zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia during extreme flooding was shot and killed Wednesday after it took the life of relief worker.

“The tiger is liquidated,” interior ministry spokeswoman Nino Giorgobiani told the Washington Post.

The tiger had escaped captivity over the weekend along with a slew of other zoo animals. Before the attack, zoo officials had said that the tiger, along with eight lions and seven other tigers, had been found dead, according to the Guardian.

Flooding in Georgia began last Saturday and has killed at least 12 people, including three zoo workers.

[Washington Post]

See the Zoo Animals That Escaped in Georgia

Georgia Flooding Zoo Animals Escaped
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
Georgia Flooding Zoo Animals Escaped
A bear tries to save itself from a flooded zoo area in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 14, 2015.Beso Gulashvili—AP
Georgia Flooding Zoo Animals Escaped
An elephant that escaped from a flooded zoo stands behind bars inside the zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 14, 2015.Tinatin Kiguradze—AP
Georgia Flooding Zoo Animals Escaped
An animal escaped from a flooded zoo stands in mud in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 14, 2015. Tinatin Kiguradze—AP
Georgia Flooding Zoo Animals Escaped
A wounded swan is seen at a flooded zoo area in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 14, 2015.Beso Gulashvili—AP
Georgia Flooding Zoo Animals Escaped
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
Georgia Flooding Zoo Animals Escaped
A rhinoceros escaped from a flooded zoo walks inside the zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 14, 2015. Tinatin Kiguradze—AP
Georgia Flooding Zoo Animals Escaped
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
Georgia Flooding Zoo Animals Escaped
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

 

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