video Most Popular
Putin helps release rare tigers into the wild
Friday, May 23, 2014 - 00:58
May 23 - Russian President Vladimir Putin helps release rare Amur tigers into the wild in eastern Siberia. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
▲ Hide Transcript
▶ View Transcript
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) Russian President Vladimir Putin helped release rare, orphaned Amur tigers into the wild on Thursday (May 22), the latest of several events apparently meant to portray the Russian president as an outdoorsman with a strong interest in wildlife conservation. Footage showed Putin tugging on a rope to help open a gate and let the tigers - two males and a female - lope off into the wooded taiga of the remote Amur region in eastern Siberia. The males were found as cubs in 2012, presumably orphaned when poachers killed their mothers, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), which helped organise what it called the largest release of rehabilitated Amur tigers ever. According to IFAW, there are some 360 tigers in the wilds of Russia, down from more than 400 at the turn of the century and that poaching, logging, wildfires and shrinkage in the population of the hoofed animals they prey upon post their main threats. The Kremlin said the tigers - dubbed Borya, Kuzia and Ilona - were now old enough to fend for themselves but would be monitored for a year, using collars with satellite tracking devices.
Press CTRL+C (Windows), CMD+C (Mac), or long-press the URL below on your mobile device to copy the code
Putin helps release rare tigers into the wild
Friday, May 23, 2014 - 00:58
Top News »
1:47am EST - (1:27)
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (0:45)
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (1:32)
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (0:46)
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (1:53)
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (1:19)
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (1:12)
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (1:12)
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (0:55)
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (1:17)
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (1:09)
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (1:14)
Migrant Crisis »
Thu, Nov 15, 2018 - (2:23)
Thu, Nov 15, 2018 - (1:26)
Fri, Mar 16, 2018 - (0:50)
Fri, Dec 22, 2017 - (1:52)
Fri, Dec 22, 2017 - (1:07)
Fri, Dec 22, 2017 - (1:37)
Editors' Picks »
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (1:55)
Thu, Feb 14, 2019 - (2:50)
Thu, Feb 14, 2019 - (2:00)
Thu, Feb 14, 2019 - (1:24)
Thu, Feb 14, 2019 - (1:58)
Thu, Feb 14, 2019 - (1:15)
Wed, Feb 13, 2019 - (1:40)
Wed, Feb 13, 2019 - (1:40)
Tue, Feb 12, 2019 - (1:48)
Tue, Feb 12, 2019 - (1:38)
Politics »
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (1:03)
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (1:45)
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (1:59)
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (0:59)
Thu, Feb 14, 2019 - (1:43)
Thu, Feb 14, 2019 - (1:15)
Thu, Feb 14, 2019 - (0:59)
Thu, Feb 14, 2019 - (1:27)
Thu, Feb 14, 2019 - (2:41)
Innovations »
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (1:20)
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (1:13)
Thu, Feb 14, 2019 - (1:23)
Thu, Feb 14, 2019 - (1:21)
Thu, Feb 14, 2019 - (1:57)
Thu, Feb 14, 2019 - (1:26)
Mon, Feb 11, 2019 - (1:32)
Fri, Feb 08, 2019 - (2:05)
Thu, Feb 07, 2019 - (1:38)
Wed, Feb 06, 2019 - (1:27)
Entertainment »
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (0:45)
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (1:02)
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (0:56)
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (1:05)
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (1:12)
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (1:24)
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (2:20)
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (2:04)
Thu, Feb 14, 2019 - (2:00)
Thu, Feb 14, 2019 - (0:42)
Rough Cuts »
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (1:32)
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (0:46)
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (1:02)
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (0:56)
Sat, Feb 16, 2019 - (1:05)
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (1:24)
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (1:03)
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (1:45)
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (1:59)
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (0:51)
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (2:20)
Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - (1:00)
Moving Pictures »
Fri, Feb 01, 2019 - (2:27)
Wed, Jan 02, 2019 - (2:29)
Mon, Dec 17, 2018 - (2:17)
Fri, Nov 30, 2018 - (2:45)
Thu, Nov 22, 2018 - (2:41)
Mon, Oct 01, 2018 - (2:30)
Fri, Aug 31, 2018 - (2:23)
Tue, Jul 31, 2018 - (1:44)
Fri, Jun 29, 2018 - (2:05)
Fri, Jun 01, 2018 - (2:38)
Reuters Investigates »
Wed, Oct 11, 2017 - (10:18)
Wed, Aug 23, 2017 - (6:44)
Thu, Mar 16, 2017 - (2:26)
Tue, Nov 01, 2016 - (2:15)
Thu, Sep 29, 2016 - (2:19)
Fri, Aug 05, 2016 - (2:04)
Mon, Mar 28, 2016 - (3:02)
Thu, Mar 10, 2016 - (2:34)
Mon, Dec 07, 2015 - (2:58)
Mon, Dec 07, 2015 - (2:20)
Mon, Dec 07, 2015 - (0:35)
Mon, Dec 07, 2015 - (3:53)
Dateline Asia »
Tue, Dec 05, 2017 - (2:06)
Tue, Dec 05, 2017 - (2:11)
Fri, Dec 01, 2017 - (2:04)
Thu, Nov 30, 2017 - (2:10)
Thu, Nov 30, 2017 - (2:14)
Wed, Nov 29, 2017 - (2:11)
Tue, Nov 28, 2017 - (1:55)
Tue, Nov 28, 2017 - (2:21)
Mon, Nov 27, 2017 - (2:25)
Fri, Nov 24, 2017 - (2:16)
Fri, Nov 24, 2017 - (2:14)
Thu, Nov 23, 2017 - (2:18)