The media have seemingly become very excited (to a greater extent than simple human tragedy?) by reports of devastating floods in the Republic of Georgia resulting in numbers of animals from Tbilisi zoo going 'on the run' (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/14/georgia-floods-deaths-feared-zoo-animals-on-loose). Escapees have included bears and lions but also numbers of hippopotamus that could apparently deal with the rising waters quite effectively. Surprisingly, the herbivorous hippo, is probably the most dangerous of the three (in terms of causing human deaths in their native locations). Perhaps the story indicates that the siting of zoos have to be considered in relation to extreme weather events if climate change is upon us?
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