Putin Pets a Persian Leopard. By Stephen R. Hurst and Nataliya Vasilyeva.

Putin, Persian leopard in pitch-perfect photo-op. By Stephen R. Hurst and Nataliya Vasilyeva. AP. AOL, February 4, 2014. Also at The Christian Science Monitor.

Putin and the snow leopard: Russia’s leader pictured stroking a big (tame) cat as the country prepares to host the Sochi Winter Olympics. Daily Mail, February 4, 2014.




Russia’s President Vladimir Putin caresses a Persian leopard cub as he visits the Persian leopard breeding and rehabilitation centre in the National Park in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 4, 2014. (ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images.)