Posts Tagged ‘krasnoyarsk krai’
Article: Putin’s animal antics questioned in Russia
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…
Read MorePutin meets Mongol in Khakassiya
No update about Mongol’s status unfortunately. Clearly there is a LOT of back-pedaling and damage control going on in a lot of places behind the scenes. UNDP/GEF took down its original piece from their site. No new info on the WWF-Russia or Severtsov Institute websites. In the translated article below, we learn that Putin did in fact…
Read MoreWWF press release regarding Mongol the snow leopard
Read the article below for the details of the snow leopard’s illegitimate capture on 3/14 in the Altai-Sayan region. We are told that he will be released and (we hope) returned to Sayano-Shushensky Zapovednik on March 20. Some in Altai speculate that this will be another media stunt involving Putin personally fitting the radiocollar, as…
Read MoreWrongful snow leopard capture in Krasnoyarsk!
UNDP/GEF Altai-Sayan Program posted this commentary on their website regarding the not-too-distant Krasnoyarsk Krai cat-napping of a snow leopard for supposed research purposes, because the very same thing could easily have happened to Altai Republic’s snow leopards. We are working with people on the ground in Altai Republic to find out how the international community…
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