Sansao, a Jaguar, jumps from a tree at the NEX Sanctuary for felines in Corumba, Brazil. NEX No Extinction, a non-governmental organization created to defend and preserve the life of endangered wild felines, currently houses some 26 big cats, most coming from the Amazon.
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Male Giant Panda Tian Tian is seen at the panda habitat of the U.S. National Zoo in Washington D.C. U.S. National Zoo on Monday announced Giant Panda Mei Xiang has given birth to a cub. The National Zoo now houses Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, a pair of giant pandas on loan from China.
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Zoo keeper Rainer Kraut cleans African elephant cow ‘Drumbo’ with a hose at the zoo in Dresden, Germany.
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Pigeons rest on electric wires in Srinagar, India.
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A woman runs away from a giraffe on the loose on the streets of Imola, Italy.
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A female Amur leopard licks one of her cubs at their enclosure at the Minnesota Zoo. Amur leopards are considered the world’s rarest cats.
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Pigs from the team “Rapid pigs from the Jorat” round the track during their race at the Swiss fair “Comptoir Suisse” in Lausanne.
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A baby male okapi called Nkosi, who was born last weekend is seen at the Antwerpen zoo, Antwerp. Okapi live in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo and are on the list of endangered species.
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A pair of Painted Storks (Mycteria leucocephala), engage in a fight over a nest near New Delhi, India. Painted Storks have been known to fight over nests which they build along shallow water bodies.
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Chimpanzee Ruben takes a ride on the back of his surrogate mother, Kito, at the Oklahoma City Zoo in Oklahoma City. Ruben’s mother, Rukiya, died just 24 hours after giving birth during a medical procedure. After being hand-raised at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo, 7-month-old Ruben arrived at the Oklahoma City Zoo, and is slowly being introduced to the other members of his chimp family.
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African penguins gather to keep warm as others are fed sardines by staff at the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds after they were recently found covered in oil on Robben Island, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Nine-day old male Indian rhinoceros Jari stands behind his 18-year old mother Quetta in an outdoor enclosure at the zoo in Basel, Switzerland.
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Susan Gell and Roy Rodgers excercise their horse, Shoshoni, in Loch Lomond in Luss, Scotland. Roy and Susan both live on Inchtavannaich Island on Loch Lomond and regularly take their horses to the mainland for exercise by letting the horse swim across the water. Loch Lomond is the largest freshwater loch in Scotland with about thirty islands.
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Bisons forage at the private Royal Forest in Bad Berleburg, Germany.
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A Bornean River Turtle (Orlitia borneensis) is presented to the media at the zoo in Dresden, Germany. Eight tortoises were born at the zoo, being the first successfully breed of the tortoise species in Germany.
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A combo picture of a three-band armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus) leaving its defensive position at the zoo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazi. This animal, endemic in Brazil and endangered, has been named the 2014 World Cup mascot for its ability to become a ball, reminiscent of a soccer ball.
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