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Zoo animals on the loose during deadly floods

A man gestures at an escaped hippopotamus on a flooded street in Tbilisi. REUTERS/Beso Gulashvili Tigers, lions, bears and wolves were among more than 30 animals that escaped from a Georgian zoo and on...

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Deadly floods free animals

TBILISI, Georgia - Severe flooding in the Georgian capital left at least 12 people dead Sunday and triggered a big-game hunt across the city for lions, tigers, a hippopotamus, and other dangerous...

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Zoo animals on the loose in Georgia's capital after flooding

Reprints + - advertisement | advertise on newsday advertisement | advertise on newsday (AP) -- Residents of Georgia's capital are being warned to stay inside after heavy flooding destroyed enclosures...

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Zoo animals on the loose and deaths feared after Georgia floods

Escaped hippopotamus shown cornered in Tbilisi square, as devastating floods reportedly kill eight people and wild animals escape from city zoo ...

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Search Is On For People, Zoo Animals Missing In Georgia Flood

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Rescue workers in the Georgian capital were still searching Monday for more than 20 people and an undetermined number of potentially dangerous animals missing after severe...

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At least nine die in Georgia floods; deadly zoo animals roam streets

A man directs a hippopotamus after it was shot with a tranquiliser dart in the flooded streets of Tbilisi. Photo: Reuters Deadly zoo animals were prowling the streets of Tbilisi on Sunday after floods...

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Lions, tigers that escaped flooded Georgia zoo found dead

All of the lions and tigers that were missing after severe flooding swamped Tbilisi's zoo have been found dead. One jaguar remained unaccounted for, but zoo staff said they have little hope that it...

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Escaped zoo animals shot dead in Georgia floods

Lions, tigers, bears and other animals escaped from a zoo in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on Sunday, adding to chaos caused by flooding that killed at least 10 people, officials said. Police and...

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Zoo animals roam free in Georgia's capital after flooding

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) -- Tigers, lions, a hippopotamus and other animals have escaped from the zoo in Georgia's capital after heavy flooding destroyed their enclosures, prompting authorities to warn...

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Hippos, bears and lions run wild after flood hits zoo in Georgia

(Image: Beso Gulashvili/Georgian Prime Minister's Press Service/EPA) No you're not seeing things, that really is a hippo strolling down the road. After a major flood in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Sunday,...

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Animals escape Georgia zoo amid flooding that killed 10 people

Tigers, lions, a hippopotamus and other animals have escaped from the zoo in Georgia's capital after heavy flooding destroyed their enclosures, prompting authorities to warn residents in Tbilisi to say...

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10 Dead, Zoo Animals Loose As Flooding Hits Tbilisi

7:52 AM ET Scott Neuman Twitter i A man shoots a tranquilizer dart to put a hippopotamus to sleep at a flooded street in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Sunday. At least eight people died and several are missing...

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Zoo animals roam free in Georgia’s capital after flooding

TBILISI, Georgia — Tigers, lions, a hippopotamus and other animals escaped from the zoo in Georgia’s capital after heavy flooding destroyed their enclosures, prompting authorities to warn residents in...

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Georgia: Tbilisi city hunt as zoo animals flee floods

Severe flooding in the Georgian capital has left at least 12 people dead and triggered a big-game hunt across the city for lions, tigers, a...

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Nature's Aftermath: The zoo animals of the Tbilisi flood

As clean up continued in the capital city of Tbilisi, Georgia from severe flooding that killed 12 people, attention shifted to recovering all of the animals that escaped from the city's zoo during the...

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Zoo animals still on the loose after flood destroys Georgian zoo

Rescue workers in the Georgian capital were still searching Monday for more than 20 people and an undetermined number of potentially dangerous animals missing after severe flooding ravaged the area...

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Zoo animals on loose after floods

Severe flooding in the Georgian capital left at least 12 people dead today and triggered a big-game hunt across the city for lions, tigers, a hippopotamus and other dangerous animals that escaped from...

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Zoo animals escape amid flooding in Tbilisi

The Associated Press TBILISI (AP) — Severe flooding in the Georgian capital left at least 12 people dead Sunday and triggered a big-game hunt across the city for lions, tigers, a hippopotamus and other...

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Zoo animals flee amid flood in nation of Georgia

TBILISI, Georgia — Severe flooding in the Georgian capital left at least 12 people dead on Sunday and triggered a big-game hunt across the city for lions, tigers, a hippopotamus and other dangerous...

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Zoo animals escape amid flooding in former Soviet republic

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) -- Severe flooding in the Georgian capital killed at least 12 people Sunday and triggered a big-game hunt across the city for lions, tigers, a hippopotamus and other dangerous...

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Zoo animals escape amid flooding in ex-Soviet republic

Misha Dzhindzhikhashvili, Associated Press 4:57 p.m. EDT June 14, 2015 People follow a hippopotamus that has been shot with a tranquilizer dart after it escaped from a flooded zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia,...

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Zoo animals escape amid flooding in former Soviet republic Georgia

Click photo to enlarge People follow a hippopotamus that has been shot with a tranquilizer dart after it escaped from a flooded zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, June 14, 2015. Tigers, lions, a...

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Wild Rains Frees Wild Animals in Tbilisi

A freak storm and flash floods cause a rising death toll, while tigers, lions, wolves bears and a groggy hippo wander the streets. TBILISI, Georgia—A massive flood hit the Georgian capital of Tbilisi...

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Zoo animals escape after deadly floods in Tbilisi, Georgia

TBILISI - Deadly zoo animals were prowling the streets of Tbilisi on Sunday after floods that killed at least nine people damaged...

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At least 10 die in Georgia floods; deadly zoo animals roam streets

Lions, tigers, bears and other wild animals escaped from a zoo in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Sunday, adding to chaos caused by flooding that killed at least 10 people, officials said. Police and...

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Floods lead to big-game hunt

TBILISI, Georgia – Severe flooding in the Georgian capital left at least 12 people dead Sunday and triggered a big-game hunt across the city for lions, tigers, a hippopotamus and other dangerous...

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Tbilisi flood searchers in nervous lookout for zoo animals

Reprints + - Cars are seen in the mud at a flooded zoo area in Tbilisi, Georgia, Monday, June 15, 2015. Rescue workers in the Georgian capital are still searching for at least two dozen people and an...

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300 zoo animals feared dead after floods in Georgia

TBILISI: Twenty people were missing on Monday after devastating floods killed more than a dozen people in Georgia, with escaped zoo animals -- including two tigers — still on the loose. The death toll...

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Lion 'kills man' in Tbilisi after escaping from zoo during deadly floods in...

One of the lions that escaped during devastating floods in Georgia’s capital has reportedly killed a man. An official from Tbilisi told the AFP news agency of the death this morning, following reports...

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ZOO ANIMALS ON THE LOOSE AFTER FLOODS HIT GEORGIAN CAPITAL

TBILISI, Georgia — Escaped lions, bears and a hippopotamus from the Tbilisi Zoo were roaming the streets of the Georgian capital Sunday, after flooding killed at least 12 people. Georgian leaders asked...

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Zoo Animals Roam Flooded Georgian Capital

Residents of the flood-ravaged Georgian capital city of Tbilisi were warned Sunday to stay indoors, as lions, bears, a hippopotamus and other escaped zoo animals roamed the streets of the devastated...

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Lions, tigers and jaguar still missing after Georgia floods

The death toll from flooding around Tbilisi Zoo in Georgia has risen to 13, as the search continues for 10 people still missing as well as an undetermined number of potentially dangerous exotic...

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All lions, tigers accounted for in Tbilisi zoo flooding

All of the lions and tigers that were missing after severe flooding swamped Tbilisi's zoo have been found dead. One jaguar remained unaccounted for, but zoo staff said they have little hope that it...

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Zoo animals bedevil flood efforts in Georgia

TBILISI, Georgia – Workers and volunteers labored Monday in a flood-ravaged area of the Georgian capital to help victims while nervously watching for traces of dangerous animals that may have escaped...

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Man killed by tiger that escaped from flooded Georgia zoo

On the loose: a man shoots a tranquiliser dart at a hippopotamus that escaped in the flood. Photo: Reuters A tiger that escaped from a zoo in the Georgian capital Tbilisi during the weekend's freak...

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Lions, tigers on the loose in Georgia after floods

TBILISI: Lions, tigers and even a hippopotamus escaped from a zoo in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Sunday, adding to chaos caused by severe flooding that killed at least 12 people. Georgia was a part...

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Tbilisi flood searchers keep nervous eye out for escaped zoo animals (w/video)

Associated Press Tuesday, June 16, 2015 2:02am TBILISI, Georgia — Workers and volunteers labored Monday in a flood-ravaged area of the Georgian capital to help victims while nervously watching for...

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Search on For People, Zoo Animals Missing in Georgia Flood

Associated Press TBILISI— Rescue workers in the Georgian capital were still searching Monday for more than 20 people and an undetermined number of potentially dangerous animals missing after severe...

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