Missing zoo penguin found alive nine days after Georgia floods

Workers cleaning up a flood damaged zoo in Georgia's capital have found one of its missing penguins alive, hiding in the bushes.

Tbilisi's zoo spokesman Mziya Sharashidze said the bird was found on Tuesday after severe flooding on June 14 that killed more than half of the zoo's 600 inhabitants.

Another penguin was found alive last week in the Kura River near the border with Azerbaijan, 40km east of the capital of the former Soviet republic.

Police and volunteers in Tbilisi are still searching for a tiger and a hyena believed to be on the loose.

Last week, a runaway tiger mauled a man to death in Tbilisi before being killed by police.