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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 MoreBackground on Mongol
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…
Read MoreMongol is free!
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…
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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