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July 24, 2012
A baby giraffe stands in the enclosure at the Friedrichsfelde Zoo in Berlin. The calf, named Dorle, was born on July 2.
Britta Pederson
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AFP/Getty Images
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July 16, 2012
A herd of endangered Przewalski’s horses are seen at the Takhin Us National Park in southwestern Mongolia. The Prague Zoo transported four Przewalski’s horses to Mongolia as part of an effort to reintroduce the endangered species into its native environment.
Petr Josek
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Reuters
July 17, 2012
Fans keep one of owner Jonathan Sheppard's horses cool in the stables at Colonial Downs in New Kent County, Va.
Alexa Welch Edlund
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Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP
July 15, 2012
An adult black bear stands on its hind legs after becoming aware of a nearby human near Owyhigh Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington state.
Aaron Lavinsky
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Seattle Times via AP
July 24, 2012
An elephant walks in a lake at Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park. Yala National Park is the most visited and second-largest national park in the country.
Ishara S. Kodikara
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AFP/Getty Images
July 18, 2012
An elephant crosses the road while roaming around a Maasai settlement in the Kisaju area of Kitengela, on the outskirts of Nairobi. About five rogue elephants, which locals suspect to be from Amboseli National Park, 188 miles southeast of Nairobi, had flocked to the area, killing cows and destroying crops.
Thomas Mukoya
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Reuters
July 18, 2012
An ostrich peers through acacia bushes in the Kisaju area of Kitengela, on the outskirts of Nairobi.
Thomas Mukoya
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Reuters
July 17, 2012
An orphaned mountain gorilla sits in a compound at a sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Virunga National Park. The park is home to some 210 mountain gorillas, approximately a quarter of the world's population. The four orphans that live in the sanctuary are the only mountain gorillas in the world not living in the wild, having been brought there after their parents were killed by poachers or as a result of traffickers trying to smuggle them out of the park. "They play a critical part in the survival of the species" says Emmanuel De Merode, director of Virunga National Park. He adds that the Congolese Wildlife Authority does not have access to the gorilla sector of the park because of the M23 rebellion.
Phil Moore
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AFP/Getty Images
July 18, 2012
Maggie, a Bornean orangutan who lives in Brookfield Zoo's Tropic World exhibit, relaxes on her 51st birthday in Brookfield, Ill. Born at the San Diego Zoo in 1961, Maggie is the oldest Bornean orangutan living in an accredited North American zoo.
Jim Schulz
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Chicago Zoological Society via AP
July 18, 2012
A Siberian tiger cub plays with its mother, named Amurskaya, at the zoo in Saint-Felicien, Canada. The mother gave birth to two cubs on May 24.
Mathieu Belanger
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Reuters
July 19, 2012
A newborn white lion cub is presented to the media by a zookeeper in an enclosure at Zoo Parque Loro Puebla in Puebla, Mexico. Three white lion cubs were born there last Wednesday, but only two survived at the facilities of the park, local media reported. The procreation of white lions is part of the zoo's conservation program, which includes 96 species of mammals, birds and reptiles.
Imelda Medina
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Reuters
July 19, 2012
Three 6-week old male snow leopard cubs are held by keepers before their medical examination in the Szeged Game Park in Szeged, Hungary.
Zoltan Gergely Kelemen
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AP
July 17, 2012
A manatee is positioned on a pad before being released from the Miami Seaquarium, where it had undergone rehabilitation due to injuries suffered in the wild, in Key Biscayne, Fla. After six months of rehabilitation, three manatees were released near where they had originally been rescued. The leading cause of death for manatees is related to watercraft collisions.
Lynne Sladky
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AP
July 17, 2012
Megan Green, 11, gives a drink to her hog, Patches — so named because of a patch over his eye — while washing him during the Madison County 4-H Fair in Alexandria, Ind. Washing hogs is part of the daily routine of caring for the animals, and it helps keep them cool in sweltering summer temperatures.
Don Knight
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Anderson, Ind., Herald Bulletin via AP
July 17, 2012
Judge Glen Carr inspects Campbell Cross's Holland Lop rabbit before choosing the winner of the Best 4-Class Rabbit competition at the Madison County 4-H Fair in Alexandria Ind. Cross's Holland Lop went on to win not only that award but also best in show.
Don Knight
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Anderson, Ind., Herald Bulletin via AP
July 19, 2012
Katie Reilly of the Oregon Zoo releases a kit, a baby pygmy rabbit, to an enclosure near Ephrata, Wash. The Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits are endangered, and the Oregon Zoo has been working on a captive-breeding program for 12 years.
Shannon Dininny
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AP
July 23, 2012
A 2-month-old California sea lion pup plays with its mother at the Attica Zoological Park in Spata, Greece.
Thanassis Stavrakis
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AP
July 19, 2012
A soft-shelled turtle tries to climb from the dried bed of Honey Creek in Terre Haute, Ind. A drought has posed tremendous difficulties for this turtle and other water-dependent animals in Indiana.
Jim Avelis
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Tribune-Star via AP
July 23, 2012
A trio of geese kick their legs in unison while paddling around the pond at West Wetlands Park in Yuma, Ariz. The geese stayed in a perfect line from one end of the pond to the other until they decided to find something to eat.
Craig Fry
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Yuma, Ariz., Sun via AP
July 19, 2012
A male Cuban crocodile surfaces inside the Reptile Discovery Center of the National Zoo in the District. Two hatchlings were recently born from eggs laid by a 50-something Cuban crocodile at the zoo.
Jacquelyn Martin
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AP
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