Article: Putin’s animal antics questioned in Russia

March 25th, 2011

It’s encouraging that the Mongol story is getting such enduring and useful coverage! Putin’s animal antics questioned in Russia By Maria Antonova (AFP) March 24, 2011 MOSCOW — “There’s a good kitty, a pretty kitty,” Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was shown by state media telling snow leopard last weekend, who stared back at him, covered in…

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Background on Mongol

March 24th, 2011

Just for the sake of having all the information here in one place, here is a translation of Severtsov Institute’s March 20 press release. Captured snow leopard known as Mongol returned to his home territory in Sayano-Shushensky Zapovednik Severtsov Institute PEE The first snow leopard ever to be captured and equipped with a satellite-tracking collar…

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Mongol is free!

March 23rd, 2011

Mongol was released on Saturday March 19 at the site of his capture in Sayano-Shushensky Zapovednik, on the shore of the reservoir. Despite assertions by Putin’s press office to the contrary just hours earlier, the Prime Minister dropped in to visit Mongol at his enclosure in Khakassiya. In total, Mongol was held captive for almost…

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Gazeta.ru: Scandal brewing around Mongol’s imprisonment

March 18th, 2011

Here a translation of a great article by Gazeta.ru. Clearly, the situation is unraveling as the scandal brews. Mysterious Rendezvous They caught a snow leopard for the prime minister 18.03.11 22:02 By Polina Nikol’skaya, Konstantin Kuzinsky (Krasnoyarsk) In Krasnoyarsk Krai they caught a snow leopard, but instead of fitting this rare animal with a satellite-tracking…

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