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Russian PM Putin's endangered Siberian tiger goes missing | Endangered Siberian tigress that was shot by a tranquiliser dart and fitted with a satellite-tracking collar by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, has gone missing. Putin's official website was tracking the tigress movements
to highlight threats to the survival of the animal, also called the Amur tiger.
The female tiger's last location was recorded two months ago and nothing has been
heard from her since, The Times reports. Vladimir Krever , of the World Wildlife
Fund in Russia , said that the tigress' tracking collar could simply have failed
or broken off or she could have fallen victim to poachers. Putin shot the five-year-old
tiger in Russia 's Far East in August last year. He allegedly saved a Russian
television crew from attack after the animal escaped from a trap as he was arriving.
He was shown measuring the animal's teeth and examining her claws before placing
the satellite collar around her neck and giving her a kiss. The Amur tiger is
the world's largest cat and can weigh up to 660 pounds (300kg) and measure ten
feet in length. Their numbers slumped to less than 50 in the 1940s but have since
rebounded to around 500 in Russia 's Far East and northern China . Conservationists
say that the Amur tiger remains on the critically endangered list, however, because
of threats from illegal poaching and a loss of natural habitat. The World Wildlife
Fund in Russia estimates that up to 50 Amur tigers are killed every year. |
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