• Two of the 39 tigers rescued in 2017 from Joe Exotic's GW Exotic Animal Park relax at the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado. Exotic, star of the wildly successful Netflix docu-series Tiger King, is currently in prison for a murder-for-hire plot and surrendered some of his animals to the Wild Animal Sanctuary. The Sanctuary cares for some 550 animals on two expansive reserves in Colorado. Getty Images
    Two of the 39 tigers rescued in 2017 from Joe Exotic's GW Exotic Animal Park relax at the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado. Exotic, star of the wildly successful Netflix docu-series Tiger King, is currently in prison for a murder-for-hire plot and surrendered some of his animals to the Wild Animal Sanctuary. The Sanctuary cares for some 550 animals on two expansive reserves in Colorado. Getty Images
  • A newborn elephant stands with her mother Semba , in their enclosure at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona. AP
    A newborn elephant stands with her mother Semba , in their enclosure at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona. AP
  • A great tit balances on a tree branch in Berlin, Germany, on a sunny day. EPA
    A great tit balances on a tree branch in Berlin, Germany, on a sunny day. EPA
  • A European Red Squirrel sits on a tree branch in Berlin, Germany, on a sunny day. EPA
    A European Red Squirrel sits on a tree branch in Berlin, Germany, on a sunny day. EPA
  • A swan picks water as it cleans its feathers at the Landwehr Canal in Germany. EPA
    A swan picks water as it cleans its feathers at the Landwehr Canal in Germany. EPA
  • A one-week-old takin calf and an older one in their enclosure in the Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. There are only thirty-seven zoos in the world which keeps takins or gnu goat. EPA
    A one-week-old takin calf and an older one in their enclosure in the Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. There are only thirty-seven zoos in the world which keeps takins or gnu goat. EPA
  • Louis Bornot, owner of the "Cirque Circus", tends to llamas at the location where his travelling circus caravan is parked during a strict lockdown in Perrecy-les-Forges, central France. AFP
    Louis Bornot, owner of the "Cirque Circus", tends to llamas at the location where his travelling circus caravan is parked during a strict lockdown in Perrecy-les-Forges, central France. AFP
  • Marie Allen, Senior Trainer, tosses a fish to a seal before getting it to paintat the New England Aquarium in Boston, Massachusetts. AFP
    Marie Allen, Senior Trainer, tosses a fish to a seal before getting it to paintat the New England Aquarium in Boston, Massachusetts. AFP
  • The twin panda cubs Meng Xian and Meng Yuan play in their enclosure at the zoo in Berlin. EPA
    The twin panda cubs Meng Xian and Meng Yuan play in their enclosure at the zoo in Berlin. EPA
  • Zebra foal in the Sosto Zoo in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. EPA
    Zebra foal in the Sosto Zoo in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. EPA
  • Zoo keeper Mario Antonio Chacon feeds lemurs at La Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City. AP Photo
    Zoo keeper Mario Antonio Chacon feeds lemurs at La Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City. AP Photo

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This week in wildlife - the best pictures of animals around the world

Take a look at some of the best images of wildlife from the past week

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April 09, 2020

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More wildlife and environment stories from The National:

Blacktip reef sharks spotted swimming close to shore in RAK marina

UAE study reveals how humans are killing some of the world's most threatened turtles

Video: school of Oman cownose rays spotted in Dubai Marina

Great Barrier Reef suffers third major bleaching in five years

More than 100 endangered animals rescued in Sharjah

Two rare white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya

Viruses and trafficking driving cheetahs to extinction, expert claims

UAE takes first steps to create world’s largest artificial reef

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