Wild animal roam streets of Tbilisi after flooding kills 12, frees zoo animals

Wild animals was found roaming the streets of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, on Sunday, after raging floodwaters damaged the city's zoo and set many of the animals free see story.

Twelve people died in the flooding, according to Civil Georgia, a news website run by the nongovernmental organization UN Association of Georgia.

Several others were missing, and wolves, bears, big cats and even a hippopotamus were wandering the streets of the city, according to Civil.ge, a news agency funded by the EU and the UN.

Of the 600 species of animals in the zoo, including fish and birds, about half were missing on Sunday, the Tbilisi Zoo said. Some animals have been recaptured, Civil.ge reported. Others have been killed.

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