Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, at an animal enclosure at the Sochi National Park, where he released one of the two female leopards brought to Russia from Iran from its cage to the enclosure, with both animals to be engaged in a program to revive the rare Persian leopard population in Russia's North Caucasus, May 2, 2010.02.05.2010#641931
A female leopard brought from Iran to the Sochi National Park and to be engaged in a program to revive the rare Persian leopard population in Russia's North Caucasus.02.05.2010#641930
A female leopard brought from Iran to the Sochi National Park and to be engaged in a program to revive the rare Persian leopard population in Russia's North Caucasus.02.05.2010#641929
Foreground, from left: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Natural Resources Minister Yury Trutnev at an animal enclosure at the Sochi National Park, where Putin released one of the two female leopards brought to Russia from Iran from its cage to the enclosure, with both animals to be engaged in a program to revive the rare Persian leopard population in Russia's North Caucasus, May 2, 2010.02.05.2010#641928
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, foreground right, visiting the Sochi National Park, where he released one of the two female leopards brought to Russia from Iran from its cage to the enclosure, with both animals to be engaged in a program to revive the rare Persian leopard population in Russia's North Caucasus, May 2, 2010.02.05.2010#641927
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, foreground right, visiting the Sochi National Park, where he released one of the two female leopards brought to Russia from Iran from its cage to the enclosure, with both animals to be engaged in a program to revive the rare Persian leopard population in Russia's North Caucasus, May 2, 2010.02.05.2010#641926
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, foreground right, visiting the Sochi National Park, where he released one of the two female leopards brought to Russia from Iran from its cage to the enclosure, with both animals to be engaged in a program to revive the rare Persian leopard population in Russia's North Caucasus, May 2, 2010.02.05.2010#641925