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Vladimir Putin's leopard 'friend' attacks reporters
The Telegraph ^ | 04 Feb 2014

Posted on 02/04/2014 9:16:43 AM PST by pobeda1945

Vladimir Putin's latest meeting with an endangered predator ended on a sour note when an endangered Persian leopard he met at a Sochi nature reserve attacked reporters.

A smiling Mr Putin was pictured cuddling a six-month old feline called From in its enclosure at breeding centre near Sochi on Tuesday.

"We made friends," he said. "We've decided to restore the population of the Persian leopard because of the Olympic Games. Let's say that because of the Olympic Games, we have restored parts of destroyed nature."

But the animal reportedly liked the Russian president much more than his entourage, scratching one accompanying reporter on the hand and biting another on the knee, Russian media reported.

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


TOPICS: Russia
KEYWORDS: putin; russia
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1 posted on 02/04/2014 9:16:43 AM PST by pobeda1945
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Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5DkcNgG__s


2 posted on 02/04/2014 9:17:34 AM PST by pobeda1945
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3 posted on 02/04/2014 9:20:01 AM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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Putin now has an attack cat. Good for him. Got to keep the slime jurnos out.


4 posted on 02/04/2014 9:21:58 AM PST by Pit1 (Obama is the big pile in the road.)
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Russia has such a cool, manly man for President while America has a Pansy-Ass Pajama Boy!
5 posted on 02/04/2014 9:22:36 AM PST by TexasCajun
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If my “cat” is any proof, what I’ve heard about cats being a “one person” animal appear to be true.


6 posted on 02/04/2014 9:22:40 AM PST by moovova
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...scratching one accompanying reporter on the hand and biting another on the knee

He may just have stumbled onto a more affordable solution than Polonium.

7 posted on 02/04/2014 9:29:14 AM PST by Cementjungle
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If it attacked reporters, he should take good care of it. We use some of its offspring here.


8 posted on 02/04/2014 9:30:18 AM PST by ZULU (Magua is sitting in the Oval Office. Ted Cruz/Phil Robertson in 2016.)
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LOL

Beautiful cat.


9 posted on 02/04/2014 9:30:19 AM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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The leopard knows evil when it sees it.................


10 posted on 02/04/2014 9:34:06 AM PST by Red Badger (Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
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Now there’s a rare sight - Dictator Beefcake with his shirt on!


11 posted on 02/04/2014 9:36:00 AM PST by gdani
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Ya can’t write a better script...


12 posted on 02/04/2014 9:40:10 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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If it attacked reporters, he should take good care of it. We use some of its offspring here.

I like the way you guys think, been thinking that for some time now.

13 posted on 02/04/2014 9:40:41 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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If there are any journalists in Russia it's purely by accident. Those who were journalists for the brief period between Gorbachev and Putin are all dead or have decided to change professions for health reasons.
14 posted on 02/04/2014 9:49:57 AM PST by Pan_Yan (Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
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That’s a good kitty.


15 posted on 02/04/2014 9:50:03 AM PST by bgill
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In Russia, pussy whips you.

(It’ll get pulled)


16 posted on 02/04/2014 9:52:29 AM PST by Salamander (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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Putin's just jealous that he doesn't have one of these.


17 posted on 02/04/2014 9:56:07 AM PST by McGruff (I'm a Conservative. Not necessarily a Republican.)
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Headline:

"Leopard Finds Reporters Even More Repugnant Than Putin!"

(Who coulda guessed...)

18 posted on 02/04/2014 9:59:57 AM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias... "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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Original:

Upgraded:


19 posted on 02/04/2014 10:01:36 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
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20 posted on 02/04/2014 10:03:44 AM PST by onedoug
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