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May 11, 2012
A cygnet follows its mother out of the water at Abbotsbury Swannery -- the only publicly accessible colony of nesting mute swans in the world -- near Weymouth, England. The arrival of the cygnets is traditionally seen as the start of summer. Abbotsbury Swannery's mute swans -- up to 1,000 in total -- are all free-flying and are not kept in cages.
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May 11, 2012
Recently hatched cygnets walk beside the water's edge at Abbotsbury Swannery near Weymouth, England.
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May 11, 2012
A mother goose supervises her brood walking through the tall grass at Smolak Farm in North Andover, Mass.
Elise Amendola
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May 14, 2012
A gosling looks for food during a rain shower at Fancher-Davidge Park in Middletown, N.Y.
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May 14, 2012
A wood duck swims with her young in tow at the J.I. Case Wetlands east of Terre Haute, Ind.
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May 11, 2012
A family of geese crosses a road in the evening sunlight in East Rutherford, N.J.
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May 11, 2012
A Rottweiler pokes its nose through a hole in a fence that surrounds a yard on Chestnut Street in Berwick, Pa., while police activity is underway across the street at an apartment building that was being investigated after an early morning explosion and fire.
Jimmy May
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May 6, 2012
In this photo provided by Skazka Zoo in Yalta, Ukraine, a female albino tiger, Tigrylia, is seen with one of her newborn cubs at the zoo. The tiger gave birth to four cubs, including a rare albino tiger.
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May 9, 2012
One of two jaguar cubs born at the San Diego Zoo on April 27 sits on a scale. The cub, which weighs 4.2 pounds, is too young to get on and off the scale on its own. The pair are the first jaguars born at the San Diego Zoo since 1989.
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May 12, 2012
A male African cheetah name Dark is released at his enclosure at the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad, India. Three cheetahs from the Dvur Kralove Zoo in the Czech Republic were brought to Hyderabad as the new addition to the zoological park under an animal exchange program.
Noah Seelam
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May 10, 2012
A ring-tailed lemur and her two cubs discover the enclosure at the zoo in Marlow, Germany.
Bernd Wustneck
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May 15, 2012
Female tapir cub Parima, born May 1, jumps through a compound at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, Germany.
Axel Heimken
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May 10, 2012
Dominga, left, a 14-year-old tapir, stands next to her 1-month-old calf Bala at Parque de Las Leyendas zoo in Lima, Peru. The tapirs were presented at the park as part of Mother's Day celebrations.
Mariana Bazo
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Reuters
May 8, 2012
Claudia Supensky holds three baby opossums that are being cared for at the For Heaven's Sake animal sanctuary near Rochester, Wash.
Steve Bloom
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AP
May 14, 2012
Brian Knox, owner of Eco-Goats, loads a herd of goats hired to clear a dense, overgrown woods of invasive species and vegetation in Davidsonville. These voracious eaters are a natural solution to a natural problem. The goats eat almost every plant, including poison ivy. The seeds of invasive species are digested and expelled and can't germinate. Knox puts up two layers of fencing, one a solar electric fence, and the goats are turned loose in a one-acre area. Within four to seven days, vegetation is literally licked clean. The business started four years ago when Knox reconnected with friends Richard and Shannon Garden, who owned the 50 goats. Since then, the herd has grown to about 125.
Linda Davidson
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May 14, 2012
Goats hired to clear a dense, overgrown woods of invasive species and vegetation use their hind legs to reach upper leaves in Upper Marlboro. Dubbed as "Eco-Goats" by owner and forester Brian Knox, these voracious eaters are a natural solution to a natural problem.
Linda Davidson
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The Washington Post
May 9, 2012
Exotic farm owner John Schreiner, 60, strolls through Manito Park in Spokane, Wash., with his dog, Gunther, 10 months, and his 4-year-old Bactrian camel, Calypso. Schreiner brought Calypso to the park to give a professional acquaintance a ride on the 1,600-pound camel.
Dan Pelle
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AP
May 6, 2012
A horse reacts in the pasture during Montana Horses' annual horse drive outside Three Forks, Mont. The Mantle family, who owns Montana Horses, held its last horse drive, in which it rounded up about 300 horses and drove the herd 35 miles from a winter range to the Mantle ranch. The horses will be picked up by leasers to be used as pack and trail horses at dude ranches and national parks.
Jim Urquhart
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Reuters
May 4, 2012
Horses run to the corrals during Montana Horses' annual horse drive outside Three Forks, Mont.
Jim Urquhart
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Reuters
May 15, 2012
Sumatra orangutan Cahaya, left, holds her baby Malou at the Zurich Zoo. Malou was born April 6.
Steffen Schmidt
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May 14, 2012
A morpho peleides butterfly lays eggs in Butterfly Garden in La Guacima, northwest of San Jose, Costa Rica. According to owner Joris Brinkerhoff, who is from the United States and has more than 29 years of experience exporting butterfly cocoons, more than 80,000 cocoons of 70 species are exported every month from Costa Rica to Europe, Asia, Canada, Mexico and the United States. The prices of the cocoons range from $3 to $10 each.
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Reuters
May 14, 2012
A morpho peleides butterfly lays its eggs, while two ants surround one, in Butterfly Garden in La Guacima, northwest of San Jose, Costa Rica.
Juan Carlos Ulate
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Reuters
May 14, 2012
A worker inspects a hamadryas amphinome butterfly cocoon before packing it for export in Butterfly Garden in La Guacima, northwest of San Jose, Costa Rica.
Juan Carlos Ulate
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Reuters
May 9, 2012
Rhinos with cut horns walk at a farm of Dawie Groenewald, who is accused of rhino poaching, in Musina, Limpopo province. Police spokesperson Vish Naidoo said the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) of South Africa and the Hawks, a police unit, seized assets amounting to about $6.9 million believed to be acquired through criminal activities, particularly rhino poaching by Groenewald and two veterinary surgeons.
Siphiwe Sibeko
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Reuters
May 10, 2012
An Asiatic elephant baby tries to stand up next to its mother in their enclosure in Berlin. The young elephant was born May 8.
Stephanie Pilick
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May 10, 2012
A female, 18-year-old Asian elephant named Nova sniffs at visitors with her trunk in her enclosure at Tierpark Berlin in Berlin. Nova gave birth to a male calf two days before.
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May 12, 2012
Visitors take picture a turtle at an aquarium of the Expo 2012 in Yeosu, a small city on South Korea’s south coast. A total of 104 nations and 10 international organizations will stage exhibitions over the next three months at the expo, which has the theme "The Living Ocean and Coast."
Jung Yeon-Je
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May 9, 2012
Pet owners Tiga and Tomo McLoyd comfort their dog Rocky, 14, as veterinarian Wendy McCulloch, center, checks the pet's heartbeat after the dog was given a lethal injection in New York. The McLoyds had made the decision to euthanize their dog in their New York apartment after he could no longer walk. McCulloch runs Pet Requiem, a home veterinary service designed to provide geriatric care and in-home euthanasia for dying pets in the New York and New Jersey area. Many pet owners are choosing such in-home care to provide a humane and compassionate death for their pets.
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May 9, 2012
Tomo McLoyd holds the paw of her dog Rocky, 14, as veterinarian Wendy McCulloch euthanizes the pet at their apartment in New York.
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May 10, 2012
An Indian villager bathes a parrot he rescued by holding it underneath a tap after it fell from a tree on a hot afternoon on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India.
Biswaranjan Rout
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AP
May 10, 2012
In this photo provided by Wild Life Sydney, keeper Marcus holds Togs, a baby budgerigar at Wild Life Sydney, in Sydney.
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May 10, 2012
Two-month-old kookaburras named Noosa, Penny and Silver perch in their enclosure at the zoo in Marlow, eastern Germany.
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May 10, 2012
A 3-month-old kangaroo named Anabelle and a young Kea parrot check out the enclosure at the zoo in Marlow, Germany.
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