All lions, tigers accounted for in Tbilisi zoo flooding, The majority of the lions and tigers that were lost after serious flooding overwhelmed Tbilisi's zoo have been discovered dead. One puma stayed unaccounted for, yet zoo staff said they have little trust that it survived.
The disclosure of the remainder of the missing lions and tigers on Tuesday as the waters subsided facilitated apprehensions in the capital of Georgia, an ex-Soviet republic, that a percentage of the enormous felines were all the while meandering the slopes of the city.
The human loss of life rose to 16 on Tuesday when the assemblage of a missing lady was found in a youngsters' stop, the police said. Seven individuals are as yet missing after an extreme deluge that started late Saturday transformed a stream that goes through the city into a boiling over downpour that wrecked houses and tore up streets. Around 40 families lost their homes.
Zoo representative Mziya Sharashidze said eight lions, each of the seven of the zoo's tigers and no less than two of its three panthers were slaughtered. Just two of the zoo's 14 bears survived, while nine of its 17 penguins passed on, she said.
Ivane Daraseliya, boss veterinarian for the zoo, said staff on Tuesday discovered the cadavers of three lions, a tiger and two wolves.
A youthful white lion named Shumba, one of the zoo's most darling attractions, was discovered shot in the head on zoo region on Sunday. The majority of the creatures seemed to have been murdered when water and mud immersed their walled in areas.
The flooding likewise slaughtered many destitute puppies at a private haven close to the zoo, sanctuary staff said.
The disclosure of the remainder of the missing lions and tigers on Tuesday as the waters subsided facilitated apprehensions in the capital of Georgia, an ex-Soviet republic, that a percentage of the enormous felines were all the while meandering the slopes of the city.
The human loss of life rose to 16 on Tuesday when the assemblage of a missing lady was found in a youngsters' stop, the police said. Seven individuals are as yet missing after an extreme deluge that started late Saturday transformed a stream that goes through the city into a boiling over downpour that wrecked houses and tore up streets. Around 40 families lost their homes.
Zoo representative Mziya Sharashidze said eight lions, each of the seven of the zoo's tigers and no less than two of its three panthers were slaughtered. Just two of the zoo's 14 bears survived, while nine of its 17 penguins passed on, she said.
Ivane Daraseliya, boss veterinarian for the zoo, said staff on Tuesday discovered the cadavers of three lions, a tiger and two wolves.
A youthful white lion named Shumba, one of the zoo's most darling attractions, was discovered shot in the head on zoo region on Sunday. The majority of the creatures seemed to have been murdered when water and mud immersed their walled in areas.
The flooding likewise slaughtered many destitute puppies at a private haven close to the zoo, sanctuary staff said.
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