Robbers Lep In Fear
Updated : Apr 29, 2009
VeryHappyPig told you yesterday, how after recognizing a picture of Dolph Lundgren, a man second to only Arnie in muscle mass and acting ability, terrified robbers raiding his home and prompted them to flee in fear.
Well imagine how afraid the thieves in our next to bring a smile to your face were when they found a leopard in the boot of a car they had just stole.
The owner of a rare species of leopard said his car was stolen on Tuesday in Saint Petersburg and the thieves were in for a surprise. There is a baby leopard in the boot.
"My driver and I were in the process of settling the leopard in the trunk of my Mercedes... when three masked assailants attacked us. They managed to get away with the car," Mikhail Barakin told AFP.
Barakin is offering a reward of 70,000 euros (90,940 dollars) for the return of his exotic pet, an Asian Leopard Cat, worth more to him than the Mercedes SUV.
"I am worried about the leopard. I don't need the Mercedes. If someone returns the animal, I won't press charges," he said.
Barakin, who heads a private television station in Saint Petersburg, said the rare breed of Asian
Leopard Cat was a gift from a Moscow businessman he had dealings with. He could not say where the animal had been procured.
The leopard is worth about 270,000 euros (350,760 dollars) by Barakin's estimates.
The Asian Leopard Cat, which is no bigger than an average house cat, is native to Russia's southern border with China and across Southeast Asia, but only a few thousand of the rare species remain. It is not an endangered animal.
VeryHapyPig wants to know, who gives a Leopard as a gift, and if you acquire one, who puts it in the boot of a car?
