Holiday season brings flock of people to see the unusual friendship between the big cat and his lunch.
Family find her again after 9 years, now aged 25, some 4,000 km from home, but mother killed herself thinking her daughter was dead.
Thrown in as a puppy, the mongrel grew too large to escape through a tiny hole through which local residents gave her food and water.
So what caused this abearation spotted by tourists in Kamchatka?
Valery Malkov from Bratsk, Irkutsk region, was wearing only a T-shirt, shorts and slippers.
Talks also underway on gas supply route to China via Altai Mountains.
She stole keys of his Toyota Corolla and went on rampage after she found her ex was living with a new girlfriend.
Lost and alone on the Pacific coast, the seals would die without the help of a unique seal sanctuary.