Lions and other animals escape from Tbilisi zoo after serious flood that has killed 8

Straights Times ^ | 6-14-2015 | AFP

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Lions, tigers, bears and other animals escaped from their zoo enclosures and roamed Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, on Sunday after flooding that killed at least eight people, officials said.

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Animals including tigers, lions, jaguars, bears, and wolves escaped from cages in the flooded Tbilisi zoo. Some of them were captured by police while others were shot dead, according to the mayor’s office.

[tcrlaf]

Still happening... a 25 yr.-old woman was killed by "tigers" a couple of hours ago, per Twitter.

The pictures coming out of Tblisi on Twitter are surreal.

[tcrlaf]

[MarMema]

oh NO. Thank you for posting this, I have close friends there.....

[Jemian]

Lions, and tigers, and bears? Oh, my!

Not a good situation at all.

[Buttons12]

Never stand behind a hippo.

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

Coming around a corner and bumping into that would get my attention.

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

Especially if there are males and females that escaped.

[Admin Moderator]

"pictures ... on Twitter are surreal."

At least one of your photos posted here was a copyright restricted photograph taken by an Associated Press photographer then pasted here and alleged to be a part of your breaking news "surreal" story.

That copyrighted Associated Press photo was actually taken at a Wal-Mart in Apopka, Florida, USA and then published on October 21, 2013.