Zoo

At least 12 people were killed and 24 are missing after deadly floods which hit the Georgian capital of Tbilisi and caused massive damages to the city.

The Georgian PM declared the 15th of June as a day of mourning for the victims of the natural disaster which hit George over the weekend.

Lions, tigers, bears and other wild animals escaped from a zoo in the Georgian capital Tbilisi June 14, adding to chaos caused by flooding that killed at least 10 people, officials said.

Tigers, lions, jaguars, bears and wolves escaped June 14 from flooded zoo enclosures in the Georgian capital Tbilisi

About half of live dolphins caught in the Japanese coastal town of Taiji were exported to China and other countries despite global criticism of the hunting technique used, a news report has said.

The so-called "drive hunt" method has been criticized overseas as cruel and Japanese zoos and aquariums were recently forced to vow not to buy animals caught with the controversial fishing.

A Japanese town notorious for killing dolphins may set up a dolphin breeding farm after zoos and aquariums decided to stop buying their animals caught in the wild, but it has no plans to halt the controversial hunt, its mayor said on May 21.

The first safari park in Turkey opened on April 23 in the southeastern province of Gaziantep on an area of 15,000 square meters in the Gaziantep Zoo. 

A trend among Turkey?s rich kids ? feeding wild animals inside their houses ? is growing, while looking after such animals in private houses is forbidden.

Measures are being taken at zoos around Turkey to help them spend a comfortable winter despite the fall in temperatures, but some animals have insisted on following instinct rather than waiting for humans.

The tiger which fled his cage at the Sofia Zoo Sunday morning was sedated and captured by a team of veterinarians and was returned to his cage.

Irina Sahatchieva, PR expert at the Sofia Zoo, told dnevnik.bg that the tiger was regaining consciousness after the procedure.
She said that the tiger had spent 2 hours walking around the Big Cats hall of the zoo before being caught.

A tiger has escaped from his cage at the Sofia zoo.
According to reports of the Bulgarian National Radio, the tiger is in the Big Cats hall, while TV7 informs that the animal is in a closed hall displaying different types of fish.
Visitors have been evacuated and the zoo has been closed.
A veterinarian has been called to sedate catch the animal.