Posts Tagged ‘red book’
Altaigate: “Not guilty” verdict in ’09 helicopter poaching incident
The cynical among us would say it’s a surprise the case was even filed, let alone went to trial and reached a verdict. Russian officials cleared of poaching charges 23 May 2011 KOSH-AGACH (Altai Republic), May 23 (RIA Novosti) A court in southern Siberia’s Altai Republic on Monday acquitted three high-ranking officials whose hunting of…
Read MoreArticle: 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 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 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 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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