The Ussuri tiger cub given to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for his October 7 birthday is introduced to the press at Putin’s residence in Novo-Ogaryovo, Russia, early yesterday. (Alexey Nikolsky / EPA)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin poses with a Ussuri tiger cub at his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo, Russia, early 10 October 2008. (Alexey Nikolsky / EPA)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin caresses a tiger cub on October 10, 2008 which was presented to him on his bithday on October 7, in Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow. (Alexey Nikolsky / AFP/Getty Images)
