Mongrel trapped for three years in a tiny cold and dark cavity gets new start in Germany after our story about her plight went around the world.
Now aged 71, Ted Kohner, son of Chaliapin's daughter Tatiana, is making his first visit from the US to the motherland of his iconic opera singer grandfather.
Distressed leopardess killed - then ate - her cubs caught in illegal loop-trap.
Kitten is one of the world’s rarest big cats, with only 91 known adults surviving in the wild.