{"id":18193,"date":"2024-11-22T06:25:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T06:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18193"},"modified":"2024-11-22T06:25:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T06:25:38","slug":"putin-gifts-lion-and-brown-bears-to-north-korea-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18193","title":{"rendered":"Putin gifts lion and brown bears to North Korea zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 ejjhCR\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/c02a\/live\/8078dcc0-a7ad-11ef-9a8c-c31d912d7879.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/c02a\/live\/8078dcc0-a7ad-11ef-9a8c-c31d912d7879.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/c02a\/live\/8078dcc0-a7ad-11ef-9a8c-c31d912d7879.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/c02a\/live\/8078dcc0-a7ad-11ef-9a8c-c31d912d7879.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/c02a\/live\/8078dcc0-a7ad-11ef-9a8c-c31d912d7879.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/c02a\/live\/8078dcc0-a7ad-11ef-9a8c-c31d912d7879.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/c02a\/live\/8078dcc0-a7ad-11ef-9a8c-c31d912d7879.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/c02a\/live\/8078dcc0-a7ad-11ef-9a8c-c31d912d7879.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment An African lion, a gift from Russian President Vladimir Putin to North Korea, peeps from the hole of his carrier.\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Putin has gifted North Korea with over 70 zoo animals<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korea&#8217;s main zoo more than 70 animals, including a lion and two brown bears, in yet another display of burgeoning relations between Moscow and Pyongyang.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Putin&#8217;s environment minister, Alexander Kozlov, brought the animals to the North Korean capital on board a cargo plane, Kozlov&#8217;s office said on its official Telegram channel on Wednesday.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The shipment of animals from Moscow also included two yaks, five cockatoos and dozens of pheasants as well as mandarin ducks, Kozlov&#8217;s office said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The gift comes weeks after the US and South Korea revealed that <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c3vkqwe9wwdo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\">North Korea had sent thousands of troops<!-- --><\/a> to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Watch: Putin gifts North Korea zoo animals<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">While in Pyongyang the Russian environment minister also paid a courtesy visit to Kim.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">This isn&#8217;t the first time in recent memory that Russia has sent animals to North Korea.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Earlier this year, Putin gifted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un 24 pure-bred horses, reportedly as thanks for artillery shells provided by North Korea.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Putin and Kim have strengthened their alliance in recent months as both countries face sanctions from the West.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/e32e\/live\/e617ade0-a7b7-11ef-9e13-f599d51abc44.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/e32e\/live\/e617ade0-a7b7-11ef-9e13-f599d51abc44.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/e32e\/live\/e617ade0-a7b7-11ef-9e13-f599d51abc44.jpg.webp 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two yaks, five cockatoos and dozens of pheasants of different species and mandarin ducks<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cx24175015jo\">www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Putin has gifted North Korea with over 70 zoo animals Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korea&#8217;s main zoo more than 70 animals, including a lion and two brown bears, in yet another display of burgeoning relations between Moscow and Pyongyang. 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