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VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — A rare Siberian tiger that Vladimir Putin shot with a tranquilizer and fitted with a radio-tracking collar in 2008 is alive and well, the prime minister’s spokesman said Wednesday, easing concerns raised when an environmentalist said the tracking device had gone silent.
Vladimir Krever of the World Wildlife Fund said Wednesday the device has been silent since mid-September. Hours later, Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said the batteries on the collar had been running down and scientists placed a new collar on the tiger a week or so ago.
He also said the tiger had given birth to a cub.
