I kid you not... Putin saves TV crew from Wild Tiger.....

[RollWithIt]

He tranquilizes giant tiger just as it escapes from a cage and rushes some TV cameramen. And we thought Bush loved dangerous photo ops? This guy takes it to the next level! In a nod to animal environmentalists everywhere, he used non lethal force. In the afternoon, he stared down a US fighter jet, causing the fighter pilot to eject.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26493825/


MOSCOW - He's driven a big truck, flown in a Russian fighter jet and fished shirtless on national television.

Now comes Vladimir Putin's latest image-boosting escapade, a visit to a Russian wildlife preserve that gave him the chance to wear camouflage, stalk through the woods and shoot a tiger — all for a good cause.

According to Russian media reports, Putin, taking a break from lambasting the West over Georgia, was visiting the Ussuriisky Nature Reserve in the far east of Russia to see how researchers monitor the tigers in the wild.

Just as Putin was arriving with a group of wildlife specialists to see a trapped Amur tiger, it escaped and ran toward a nearby camera crew, the country's main television station said. Putin quickly shot the beast and sedated it with a tranquilizer gun.

[malta blue]

1. that is a wacky story. nt

[Clovis Sangrail]

2. riiiiiiiight

I'm sorry, this could be completely true - but it sounds like really bad propaganda.

[rug]

3. He downed Chuck Norris with a gaze.

[LeftishBrit]

4. Given all the other threads here...

I managed to read it at first as 'Palin saves TV crew from wild tiger'!

Only I don't think she'd have used a tranquilizer gun!

[Cooley Hurd]

7. So did I...

:crazy:

[hwmnbn]

5. Quick, get him to New Orleans to kick Gustav's ass!!...

and then send him to the arctic to save the polar bears!

This Putin guy is teh awesome!!

[Uben]

6. He aint shit compared to Bush!

Dubya has killed tens of thousands of people without lifting a finger (except his middle one)!

[OwnedByFerrets]

8. This comes from the files named...

Stories that could come straight from the Onion. Its gotten to where you just cant tell anymore.

[peekaloo]

9. Pootie Poot now known as Shootie Shoot.

bring it on Cheney!

[stillcool]

10. Sarah and Putin would make a great team!

[amuse bouche]

11. If it's true good for him and the lives saved

[CatWoman]

12. I don't care what anyone says

I've always thought Pootie-Poot was hot :)

[kskiska]

13. Oh, me too, Cat!

:hi: