Topic: Vladimir Putin saves TV crew from rampaging tiger

[WindAndConfusion]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/01/2351315.htm

Just as [Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin] was arriving with a group of wildlife specialists to see a trapped Amur tiger, it escaped and ran towards a nearby camera crew, the country's main television station said.

Mr Putin quickly shot the beast and sedated it with a tranquilliser gun.

"Vladimir Putin not only managed to see the giant predator up close but also saved our television crew too," a presenter on Rossiya television said at the start of the main evening news.

It's a good thing tranquilizers take effect immediately, just like they do in the movies. It would suck if the film crew got eaten in the 10-90 minutes it normally takes to sedate a large mammal.

[angrykeebler]

IN BEAR VERSUS TIGER, BEAR ALWAYS WIN, COMRADE.

[Pugnate]

IN BEAR VERSUS TIGER, BEAR ALWAYS WIN, COMRADE.

HAHAHAHAHA!!!

[Cools!]

Putin is the savior!

[Ghandi]

Well at least he isn't cutting a tree or clearing brush...

[WindAndConfusion]

Putin is the savior!

When did you get back?

[Pugnate]

Putin is the savior!

I think his Russian blood couldn't resist this thread.

[scottws]

Good thing he was carrying his trusty tranquilizer gun.

[Cools!]

And them photographers were at right place and time to perfectly capture the moment!

[Pugnate]

In perfect irony, that tiger was from Georgia.