Critter News

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Vladimir Putin, former President and current Prime Minister of Russia, just got a tiger cub for his birthday. But children and animals seem to bring out a softer side. Tags: tigers russia. He'll be donating it to a zoo or a wildlife preserve. but an interesting part of the article is this insight into Vladimir Putin.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Greenpeace has absolutely no voice in Russia,” said Natalia Paslavskaya, director of 2nd Fur Salon, one of the most exclusive fur boutiques in Russia that caters to the most sophisticated clientele, usually able to afford paying $250,000 for a signature fur coat and ordering a new one every year.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

We are standing here and admiring your animals. Glorious animals, very beautiful," Putin, surrounded by International Olympic Committee members, told Berdymukhamedov by telephone as he stood by the cage in the Sochi national park. Tags: leopard russia.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

I came across this story about it in Russia Today, an English language Russian newsite. Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty kenny glenn. By the way, here's a petition to have him tried as an adult. It claims that his brother was in on the abuse as well.maybe he was the camera guy? Lovely kids.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 9, 2010

The two-month operation involved national enforcement agencies in six tiger-range countries (China, India, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam) and was coordinated by INTERPOL's Environmental Crime Program at its headquarters in Lyon, France. Tags: wildlife smuggling tigers interpol asia endangered species.

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Critter News

MARCH 16, 2009

Although few people outside the Arctic realise it, there is still a major legal hunt for the animals in four out of the five states that host the bears: Canada, Greenland, Alaska in the US, and Russia. Tags: polar bear. In Norway, stalking is banned.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Here's my attempt to bring it all together in an Animal Person post. I am a vegan who has adopted a diabetic greyhound who eats vegan food ( Natural Balance ), and who is adopting a boy from Russia. As a vegan, part of what I believe is that bringing animals onto this planet to use them as food or as pets isn't ethical.

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