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Putin an Animal Lover?

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Vladimir Putin, former President and current Prime Minister of Russia, just got a tiger cub for his birthday. He'll be donating it to a zoo or a wildlife preserve. His dog, a Labrador retriever named Koni, is often with him, even during meetings with world leaders. Tags: tigers russia.

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Podcast Uploaded for Week Ending 12/12/09

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I apologize for the audio quality of this episode.my sound engineer was on the Xbox! Here are the week's stories.

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Awkward Fostering

4 The Love Of Animals

Especially it is associated with dogs, which may raise kids of other species and even of scary and dangerous representatives of wildlife! Dogs are likely to be true-born wet-nurses; in particular, it is related to whelp dogs, which are often used as step-mothers for young predators in the Zoos.

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