![]() ![]() This debris has caused parts of the river to block. As well as searching for bodies, rescuers are clearing the water from logs and debris that was carried into the river by the flash flood. Rescuers started their search efforts from Dry Bridge near central Tbilisi. On this note, the Georgian side asked Azerbaijan to search for the bodies on their territory where the Mtkvari River flows. The entire length of the river will be checked in the process, said officials. Today rescuers began scouring Mtkvari River by boat. Meanwhile 19 people died in the disaster and three people are still missing. About half of the Zoo's animals died in the flood but other animals that lived in the upper part of the Zoo survived. Alavidze / Agenda.geĭozens of wild animals escaped Tbilisi Zoo when it was flooded and mostly destroyed during the June 13 disaster. None of the calls proved to be genuine and the search for the missing tiger continued.Ĭleaning works are underway in disaster zone. This was frustrating and took up time and effort that could be better spent on cleaning efforts, said the spokesperson. Meanwhile the Zoo representative said all possible sightings of the missing tiger were being investigated however several children had purposely made hoax phone calls. The Zoo spokesperson said the cleaning efforts must be done systematically and explained it was "impossible” to reach Salima’s cage if the surrounding enclosures were not cleaned up first. Special cleaning crews cannot access this cage yet as it is located in the middle of a row of damaged enclosures. The enclosure of the missing tiger Salima is yet to be cleaned. ![]() Since then rescue efforts have been underway to search for missing people, recover bodies of humans and animals and clean the affected areas.Ĭurrently only one of the zoo’s enclosures has been completely cleaned while 12-15 have been partially cleaned.Ī Tbilisi Zoo representative told Agenda.ge it will take "a long time” until all enclosures are fully cleaned. Alavidze / Agenda.geĪbout 70 percent of Tbilisi Zoo territory was devastated by a powerful flash flood that hit Tbilisi overnight on June 13. Tbilisi Zoo enclosures fool of mud and logs and debris. The hyena’s body was found yesterday underneath thick mud when experts finished cleaning the first of 12 enclosures. The missing tiger is named Salima, Tbilisi Zoo officials said. Now only one tiger remains unaccounted for.Ĭlean-up crews have yet to sift through the tiger’s cage, which was completely destroyed in the flood, so there is still a possibility the animal’s body is buried beneath the rubble. The hyena was one of two animals feared missing after the June 13 flood in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi. Search efforts of the devastated Tbilisi Zoo complex have uncovered the body of a striped hyena inside one of the mud-drenched enclosures.
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