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Polar bear Milena swims in her enclosure at the zoo in Hannover, Germany. AP -
Young Langurs (black monkey) play at the Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal, India. Van Vihar which was declared a national park in 1983, covers an area around 445.21 hectares. EPA -
Chimpanzee Shiba and her baby Safiri at Taronga Zoo in Sydeny, Australia. Safiri has been spotted suckling her mother's milk and is growing stronger every day, with Safiri even attempting to hold her own head up. EPA -
A Royal Bengal tiger in its enclosure at the Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal, India. Van Vihar which was declared a national park in 1983, covers an area around 445.21 hectares. EPA -
A picture shows three Nubian Ibexes, after the two adults were shot with tranquilisers, trapped in an ephemeral pond in southern Israel's Negev desert, near Moshav Paran. EPA -
A one horned Rhino crosses flood water to take shelter at a safe place inside the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary in the flood affected Morigaon district of Assam, India. EPA -
A loggerhead sea turtle returns to the ocean after nesting on Ossabaw Island, Georgia. The giant, protected turtles are having an egg-laying boom on beaches in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, where scientists have counted record numbers of nests this summer. Georgia Department of Natural Resources via AP -
A bee pollinates a milkweed flower at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Maryland. AP -
Baboons groom in their enclosure of the zoo Hellabrunn in Munich, southern Germany. AFP -
Giraffes stand together in the enclosure of the zoo Hellabrunn in Munich, southern Germany. AFP -
Elephants play together in the enclosure of the zoo Hellabrunn in Munich, southern Germany. AFP -
Seal Molly with her only two-days-old offspring in a basin in the Berlin Zoo in Berlin, Germany. EPA -
Timber wolf puppies (Canis lupus lycaon) play with an adult wolf at the wildlife park in Bad Mergentheim. EPA -
The Persian fallow deer in his enclosure in Wroclaw's Zoo, in Wroclaw, Poland. The Persian fallow deer (Dama dama mesopotamica) is a rare ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. EPA -
A policeman stands at a pedestrian passage as sheep cross the street during an urban transhumance in Paris. AFP -
A herd of seals rest on a sandbar in Chatham Harbor in Chatham, Mass. Peter Howell, a founder of the Seal Action Committee, said that the Nantucket-based group wants Congress to amend the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act so that seals and other species can be removed from the law’s list of protected animals if their populations have sufficiently rebounded. AP -
Baby snowy egrets being cared for in Fairfield, California. International Bird Rescue via AP -
A rare albino porcupine waddles around near the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine. The museum asked for help identifying the strange animal after it appeared on the grounds this week. (Seashore Trolley Museum via AP) -
A group of cormorants rest on a lake near the village of Sosenka, about 70 km (44 miles) north of capital Minsk, Belarus. AP -
A moon bear rescued as part of Animal Asia Foundation's bear program in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. Getty Images -
Male giant panda Jiao Qing relaxes in its enclosure in the Berlin Zoo, in Berlin, Germany. EPA -
A Blackbuck looks on at the Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal, India. Van Vihar which was declared a national park in 1983, covers an area around 445.21 hectares. Although having the status of a national park, Van Vihar is developed and managed as a modern Zoological Park. EPA -
Two fully grown and young lesser whistling ducks are seen on a bamboo raft in a pond at the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. AFP
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