Kazbegi Municipality, Georgia: The employees of the Western Regional Authority of the Environmental Supervision Department of the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture, based on the hotline (153), received a message, moved the injured stump from the Terjoli municipality to the Tbilisi Zoo.
The Environment Supervision Department of Georgia shared the glimpses of a red specimen which was found in Kazbegi Municipality on its official Facebook Page on March 11, 2026, Wednesday. The Ministry also shared a small note about the species along with its photographs.
A Red List-protected snowcock was found in Kazbegi Municipality by officers of the Kazbegi District Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and handed over to the Environmental Supervision Department. Employees of the Mtskheta-Mtianeti Regional Administration temporarily transferred the bird to the Tbilisi Zoo. Both birds received appropriate veterinary care at the zoo.
After recovery, the birds were returned to their natural habitats – the heron was released in Krtsanisi Forest Park, and the snowcock was released in Kazbegi Municipality by employees of the Environmental Supervision Department.
“An injured bird or animal found by department employees during environmental control can be the object of a violation of law. That’s why the department is studying every similar fact. An injured bird or animal will be taken to the zoo by department staff, where they are treated properly. After recovery, we return the species to the wild. The employees of the Environmental Oversight Department have to save injured birds and animals, not even rarely,” said Giorgi Kurtsikashvili, head of the Animal World Control Department of the Biodiversity Control Service of the Environmental Oversight Department.
