Vladimir Putin: Tiger Hunter

Russian Prime Minister, your highness Vladimir Putin is not only a royal dictator and highly skilled master of war, but also a heroic tiger tamer. The Put’ was reportedly hangin’ with a team of wildlife researchers in the Ussuri reserve (via Russia’s far east) and, dressed in battle fatigues and armed with a tranq. gun, was forced to spur into action. After watching the tiger escape his harness and dash angrily towards a group of cameramen, which received his response of firing a dart into the shoulder of the wild beast, thus saving the lives of his fellow countrymen. LOL. Are you sure they weren’t filming a movie instead?

Armed with a tranquiliser gun, Putin shot at the tiger, which soon slumped to the ground.Russian media hailed the prime minister’s efforts as heroic. “He immediately fired from a special gun which scientists use to immobilise animals, and hit the tigress in its shoulder blade,” according to one reporter quoted in Britain’s Daily Mail. “The tigress was immediately sedated.” After the tiger was sedated, Putin helped measure its teeth and place a satellite tracking device around its neck.

However, some skeptics suggested the incident had been set up so the TV crew could capture the powerful image of Putin shooting the tiger. Photos of the former Russian president in various action man poses were flashed around the world several times last year.