Camouflaged Putin Shoots Tiger, Saves Companions

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If pictures of a shirtless and muscled Vladimir Putin have you hungering for more, wait no longer. While having a gander at conservation efforts in Russia’s Far East this week, the Russian president pulled the trigger on an escaped tiger with a tranquilizer gun, “saving” the frightened group of Russian scientists who’d accompanied him. Best of all, Putin’s heroism was caught on film. Imagine that…. See Der Spiegel.