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each of them," Putin said. "But [Caucasian] leopards themselves are almost extinct; they were destroyed in the 1950s. There"s nothing left."The prime minister said Russian wildlife experts are trying to revive the population of Caucasian leopards, adding some were sent to Russia from the former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan.
Putin is taking active part in programs to study and preserve endangered animals, including the Amur tiger and the white whale.
MOSCOW, December 3 (RIA Novosti)
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