Escaped Tiger From Georgia Zoo Kills Man and Is Put Down
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
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.
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—APA bear tries to save itself from a flooded zoo area in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 14, 2015.Beso Gulashvili—APAn elephant that escaped from a flooded zoo stands behind bars inside the zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 14, 2015.Tinatin Kiguradze—APAn animal escaped from a flooded zoo stands in mud in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 14, 2015. Tinatin Kiguradze—APA wounded swan is seen at a flooded zoo area in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 14, 2015.Beso Gulashvili—APA 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—APA rhinoceros escaped from a flooded zoo walks inside the zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 14, 2015. Tinatin Kiguradze—APPeople 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—APThe 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
