Hippo escapes from Tbilisi zoo - subdued with tranquilizer gun

Subsequent to heavy rainfall and flooding of the Vere River, the capital Tbilisi saw at least eight people dead and many more missing apart from wild animals like tigers, lions, bears and wolves that have escaped to freedom from the zoo.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 14 June 2015.

The heavy rainfall swept away dozens of buildings and cars and three of the zoo workers are among the dead with 10 more people are missing. A hippopotamus that had broken free was cornered in one of the city's main squares and subdued with a tranquilizer gun.
It seems, a few other animals have been located, but no one knows for certain about how many of them are on the loose. The people have been advised to remain indoors while the zoo workers try to locate them. They are using helicopters and are circling the city of around 1.1 million people.
A preliminary estimate has put the extent of damage at $10m according to the vice mayor of Tbilisi.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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