BEIJING - Virile, canny and possessed with a boundless appetite for red meat, Kuzya, a 23-month-old Siberian tiger, would seem the perfect mascot for President Vladimir Putin of Russia, who had a personal hand in reintroducing Kuzya to the wild in the Russian Far East in May.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) visits on Sept. 1, 2013 the center for rehabilitation and reintroduction of tigers and other endangered species in the village of Alekseyevka near the city of Vladivostok.
