Eight Who Squared Off Against Putin and Lost

Eight Who Squared Off Against Putin and Lost

Serga the Tiger

Serga the tiger -  Serga, the “wild” tiger that Putin infamously shot with a tranquilizer gun in order to “save” a crowd of people before she “attacked,” was actually taken from a Russian zoo and used as a stunt. Serga sadly died after she was unable to recover from the three tranquiller shots used by scientists during the PR stunt, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare. 

Source: The Guardian

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