Zoo Spokeswoman

An orangutan at Perth Zoo has been named the world's oldest Sumatran orangutan in captivity by the Guinness Book of World Records, as she celebrated her 60th birthday on Thursday, a zoo spokeswoman told Reuters on Thursday.

A lion that escaped from a zoo in the Georgian capital Tbilisi during the weekend's freak floods killed a man in the city centre today, interior ministry spokeswoman said.

A black bear who managed to climb out of a Texas zoo exhibit took a dip in a pond with some harbour seals before staffers tranquilised him.

An orangutan at Perth Zoo has been named the world's oldest Sumatran orangutan in captivity by the Guinness Book of World Records, as she celebrated her 60th birthday on Thursday, a zoo spokeswoman told Reuters on Thursday.

A lion that escaped from a zoo in the Georgian capital Tbilisi during the weekend's freak floods killed a man in the city centre today, interior ministry spokeswoman said.

A black bear who managed to climb out of a Texas zoo exhibit took a dip in a pond with some harbour seals before staffers tranquilised him.