• A handout photo made available by Tasmania Police on 23 September 2020 shows efforts to rescue hundreds of pilot whales stranded off Tasmania's remote west coast, at Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania, Australia. EPA
    A handout photo made available by Tasmania Police on 23 September 2020 shows efforts to rescue hundreds of pilot whales stranded off Tasmania's remote west coast, at Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania, Australia. EPA
  • Pilot whales lie stranded on a sand bar near Strahan, Australia. AP
    Pilot whales lie stranded on a sand bar near Strahan, Australia. AP
  • An aerial view shows numerous pilot whales stranded along the coastline near the remote west coast town of Strahan on the island state of Tasmania, Australia. EPA
    An aerial view shows numerous pilot whales stranded along the coastline near the remote west coast town of Strahan on the island state of Tasmania, Australia. EPA
  • Caregiver Dominik Szoka while feeding an almost two-week-old female manatee at the Wroclaw Zoo, in Poland. EPA
    Caregiver Dominik Szoka while feeding an almost two-week-old female manatee at the Wroclaw Zoo, in Poland. EPA
  • The 39-year-old male elephant Naing arrives at the Copenhagen Zoo, in Copenhagen, Denmark. EPA
    The 39-year-old male elephant Naing arrives at the Copenhagen Zoo, in Copenhagen, Denmark. EPA
  • The veterinarian and environmentalist Grecia Marquis uses a syringe to give water to an owl at the Feathers and Tails in Freedom foundation, in Caracas, Venezuela. The owl who was found two months ago with a wing injury is now recovering after surgery. AP Photo
    The veterinarian and environmentalist Grecia Marquis uses a syringe to give water to an owl at the Feathers and Tails in Freedom foundation, in Caracas, Venezuela. The owl who was found two months ago with a wing injury is now recovering after surgery. AP Photo
  • Two rhinos are seen at Beijing zoo in Beijing, China. EPA
    Two rhinos are seen at Beijing zoo in Beijing, China. EPA
  • Toucans are fed by volunteers who work to help animals suffering from the fires, in the Pantanal, town of Porto Jofre, located in the municipality of Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. EPA
    Toucans are fed by volunteers who work to help animals suffering from the fires, in the Pantanal, town of Porto Jofre, located in the municipality of Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. EPA
  • A monkey is fed by volunteers who work to help animals suffering from the fires, in the Pantanal, town of Porto Jofre, located in the municipality of Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. EPA
    A monkey is fed by volunteers who work to help animals suffering from the fires, in the Pantanal, town of Porto Jofre, located in the municipality of Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. EPA
  • A small red panda cub, the first born at the zoo in nine years, is seen at Tierpark Berlin. EPA
    A small red panda cub, the first born at the zoo in nine years, is seen at Tierpark Berlin. EPA
  • Elephants eat a treat as the zoo celebrates the 50th birthday of elephant Irma, the oldest zoo-born elephant in the Netherlands, at the Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam. AFP
    Elephants eat a treat as the zoo celebrates the 50th birthday of elephant Irma, the oldest zoo-born elephant in the Netherlands, at the Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam. AFP
  • Western lowland gorillas interact in the warm sunshine at Bristol Zoo Gardens, in Bristol, England. AP
    Western lowland gorillas interact in the warm sunshine at Bristol Zoo Gardens, in Bristol, England. AP
  • Two meerkat (Suricata suricatta) play in their enclosure at zoo in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. EPA
    Two meerkat (Suricata suricatta) play in their enclosure at zoo in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. EPA
  • epa08693134 A male red deer (Cervus elaphus) during the rutting season at the Alte Fasanerie wild park in Klein-Auheim near Hanau, Germany, 24 September 2020. The rutting season of the red deer begins in September and ends in the middle of October. EPA/RONALD WITTEK
    epa08693134 A male red deer (Cervus elaphus) during the rutting season at the Alte Fasanerie wild park in Klein-Auheim near Hanau, Germany, 24 September 2020. The rutting season of the red deer begins in September and ends in the middle of October. EPA/RONALD WITTEK

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