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Russia President Putin encounters Sochi leopard cubs
BBC ^

Posted on 02/04/2014 7:19:46 PM PST by Perdogg

Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken senior Olympics officials on a tour of a Persian leopard sanctuary ahead of the Winter Games in Sochi.

He tried to calm one leopard cub, which had become agitated and attacked two journalists, Russian media said.

The visit to Sochi National Park comes amid efforts to show the games are positive for the environment.

President Putin is well known for his encounters with wild animals which have helped burnish his outdoors image.

In the past, he has been shown on state TV tagging whales, saving a TV crew from a tiger and taking to the skies to fly with Siberian cranes.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: kittyping; leopards; putin; russia; sochi
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1 posted on 02/04/2014 7:19:46 PM PST by Perdogg
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To: Slings and Arrows

wild kitty ping!


2 posted on 02/04/2014 7:20:08 PM PST by Perdogg (Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
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3 posted on 02/04/2014 7:22:12 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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Photo credit RIA Novosti




4 posted on 02/04/2014 7:22:44 PM PST by Perdogg (Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
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Putin photo ops >> Obama photo ops


5 posted on 02/04/2014 7:23:25 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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I’m picturing Obama in a bee keeper’s suit to get near this cat....or Kerry in his infamous blue bunny suit.


6 posted on 02/04/2014 7:25:25 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Perdogg

I don’t like KGB,or commies.

But Putin is a known quantity. He will do what he thinks is best for Russia, and he enjoys the hell out of being Valdamir Putin.


7 posted on 02/04/2014 7:27:22 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Perdogg

beautiful animal, wonder what president obama would do with that kitty in his arms.


8 posted on 02/04/2014 7:27:49 PM PST by goat granny (.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

very astute observation.


9 posted on 02/04/2014 7:30:15 PM PST by Perdogg (Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
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10 posted on 02/04/2014 7:31:27 PM PST by Perdogg (Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
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11 posted on 02/04/2014 7:32:47 PM PST by Perdogg (Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
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Obama with the leopard:

“The kitty scratched me. Somebody hit it with an umbrella!”


12 posted on 02/04/2014 7:38:53 PM PST by Peter ODonnell (It wasn't this cold before global warming)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

*sigh* the man is a patriot.

I have yet to find a Russian willing to trade presidents...


13 posted on 02/04/2014 7:40:34 PM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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“He tried to calm one leopard cub, which had become agitated and attacked two journalists, Russian media said.”

At that point he adopted the leopard cub to train it for future work on his behalf. :)


14 posted on 02/04/2014 7:41:10 PM PST by Peter ODonnell (It wasn't this cold before global warming)
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“He tried to calm one leopard cub, which had become agitated and attacked two journalists”

It looks like he can now add “cat whisperer” to his resume.


15 posted on 02/04/2014 8:06:50 PM PST by varyouga
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The guy with the cute helmet riding a girls bike is a loser. Putin does have quite an ego, but at least he lives like a male of the species. Am I mistaken or is obama sitting like a girl on the view. I once read some psychology on body language, the direction you cross your legs will tell who you perfer. All the white women are cross legs pointing at Obama...check out Whoppee’s legs..


16 posted on 02/04/2014 8:07:27 PM PST by goat granny (.)
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So, the leopard cub attacked two journalists but became docile in Putin’s grip as though it sensed that biting the Russian leader would be the last thing it ever did.

One scary dude. Further proof that the vastness of Russia requires rule by a strong hand.


17 posted on 02/04/2014 8:16:28 PM PST by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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[ The guy with the cute helmet riding a girls bike is a loser. Putin does have quite an ego, but at least he lives like a male of the species. Am I mistaken or is obama sitting like a girl on the view. I once read some psychology on body language, the direction you cross your legs will tell who you perfer. All the white women are cross legs pointing at Obama...check out Whoppee’s legs.. ]

Obama is a “Metrosexual “strongman” “ that Hayek could never have foresaw...

Not very strong, but claims he can solve all the problems...

Putin is a “Classical Strongman” that Kayek was actually writing about...


18 posted on 02/04/2014 8:18:39 PM PST by GraceG
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[ One scary dude. Further proof that the vastness of Russia requires rule by a strong hand. ]

If Obama had been ruling Russian, there would have been 57 independent states where Russia used to be...


19 posted on 02/04/2014 8:20:41 PM PST by GraceG
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20 posted on 02/04/2014 8:24:39 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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