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Vladimir Putin's Siberian tigress Mashenka
Vladimir Putin's Siberian tigress Mashenka
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was given Mashenka, an Ussuri tiger, on his 56th birthday last year. 21.12.2009, Sputnik International
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Vladimir Putin's Siberian tigress Mashenka Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was given Mashenka, an Ussuri tiger, on his 56th birthday last year.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was given Mashenka, an Ussuri tiger, on his 56th birthday last year.
© RIA Novosti . Михаил Мордасов / Go to the mediabank Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was given Mashenka, an Ussuri tiger, on his 56th birthday last year. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was given Mashenka, an Ussuri tiger, on his 56th birthday last year.
Putin did not reveal who the giver was.
© RIA Novosti . Михаил Мордасов / Go to the mediabank Mashenka, whose species is listed as endangered, was two months old at the time. Mashenka, whose species is listed as endangered, was two months old at the time.
© RIA Novosti . Михаил Мордасов / Go to the mediabank The tigress lives in the zoo of the Black Sea resort city of Gelendzhik. The tigress lives in the zoo of the Black Sea resort city of Gelendzhik.
© RIA Novosti . Михаил Мордасов / Go to the mediabank Mashenka's cage was decorated with a fir-tree before the New Year. Mashenka's cage was decorated with a fir-tree before the New Year.
© RIA Novosti . Михаил Мордасов / Go to the mediabank The tigress will also receive a ten-kilogram meat cake as a New Year gift. The tigress will also receive a ten-kilogram meat cake as a New Year gift.
© RIA Novosti . Михаил Мордасов / Go to the mediabank Such cakes will be given to other tigers living in the zoo. Such cakes will be given to other tigers living in the zoo.
© RIA Novosti . Михаил Мордасов / Go to the mediabank By the end of 2010 Mashenka will be able to choose a partner among male tigers kept at the zoo. By the end of 2010 Mashenka will be able to choose a partner among male tigers kept at the zoo.
© RIA Novosti . Михаил Мордасов / Go to the mediabank Zoo keepers said they do not know if Vladimir Putin planned to attend his tigress in the near future. Zoo keepers said they do not know if Vladimir Putin planned to attend his tigress in the near future.
© RIA Novosti . Михаил Мордасов / Go to the mediabank The government earlier said the Ussuri tiger could become the mascot of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit to be held in the Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok in 2012. The government earlier said the Ussuri tiger could become the mascot of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit to be held in the Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok in 2012.
© RIA Novosti . Михаил Мордасов / Go to the mediabank Siberian (Ussuri) tigers are classed as endangered by the World Conservation Union, with only about 500 individuals left in the wild. Siberian (Ussuri) tigers are classed as endangered by the World Conservation Union, with only about 500 individuals left in the wild.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Mordasov / Go to the mediabank Since 2006, poachers are known to have killed at least 10 of the rare animals in Russia's Far East. Since 2006, poachers are known to have killed at least 10 of the rare animals in Russia's Far East.
