JUNE 17, 2015 : Leave a Comment
A tiger that had broken loose after severe flooding at the zoo in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, has mauled a man to death two days after government announced the city was safe.
Police commandos killed the predator on Wednesday at a warehouse where it jumped on a worker.
“We entered the depot and, suddenly, a white tiger rushed out of an adjacent room and attacked one of the workers, jumping at his throat and mauling him,” Alexander Shavbulashvili, a colleague of the killed 40-year-old man whose name was not publicised, told the AP news agency.
The incident caused public criticism of the country’s government as Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili announced on Monday that all of the predators had been killed by snipers or drowned.
“Why did we lose on more person for the stupidity and irresponsibility? Why didn’t they not say that they didn’t count them properly?” said Nino Danelia, Tbilisi resident, referring to the government.
Another resident said the government’s negligence equalled “murder”.
“We have an impotent, liar and murderer government,” said Sofo Datuashvili, 32.
Meanwhile, the authorities blamed the zoo officials for failing to provide reliable information.
“The responsibility for counting the animals is of course the responsibility of the zoo administration,” Davit Narmania, the mayor of Tbilisi, told the local news publication, Liberali, on Wednesday.
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