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Nov. 12, 2012
A month-old pudu deer grazes in an artificial environment at a university in Concepcion, south of Santiago, Chile. The pudu, which is in danger of extinction, is the world's smallest deer and inhabits southern Chile and part of Argentina. The baby was found orphaned in a forest.
Jose Luis Saavedra
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Reuters
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A reindeer walks on a highway between Gallivare and Lulea in Swedish Lapland.
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Nov. 15, 2012
A tortoise walks past a dog in a Paris apartment.
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Nov. 15, 2012
A vulture follows an olive ridley sea turtle after the turtle nested at the La Flor Wildlife Refugee, about 93 miles south of Managua, Nicaragua. According Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, La Flor is one of seven beaches in Central America where more than 100,000 olive ridley sea turtles nest each year.
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Nov. 16, 2012
A Eurasian eagle-owl is wide-eyed after being fed at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Amritsar, India. The owl, which is rarely seen in the region, became entangled in the string of a kite string and was rescued by SPCA members.
Narinder Nanu
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Nov. 13, 2012
A snowy owl responds to a nearby crow from its perch on the western side of Everett High School in Everett, Wash. Various crows swooped by trying to harass the owl, but the owl refused to move from its second-story perch.
Mark Mulligan
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Everett, Wash., Herald via AP
Nov. 16, 2012
Eagles sit in trees along the Harrison River near Kilby, B.C. The birds are drawn to the area by the millions of spawning salmon that travel up the Fraser River to tributaries such as the Harrison.
Jonathan Hayward
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Canadian Press via AP
Nov. 16, 2012
A eagle flies along the Harrison River near Kilby, B.C.
Jonathan Hayward
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Canadian Press via AP
Nov. 18, 2012
A pair of ruddy shelducks bask in the morning sun at the Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, India. The Deepor Beel is a freshwater lake that supports a number of endangered bird species.
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 15, 2012
A photo supplied by the South Korean county of Jeongseon shows a rare white crow, which was spotted in the municipality, about 130 miles southeast of Seoul.
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Yonhap News via European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 12, 2012
Wild geese fly over a field at the Oderbruch near Wriezen, Germany. The Oderbruch, a region with wide fields and proximity to the Oder River, is a popular resting place for migratory birds on their way to hibernation areas.
Patrick Pleul
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AFP/Getty Images
nov. 8, 2012
Recordings of starlings' distress calls aim to repel birds coming to spend the night by the Tiber River in Rome. About a million starlings migrate through the city during fall and winter, creating beautiful patterns in the sky but a mess, as seen here, in neighborhoods.
Gabriel Bouys
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AFP/Getty Images
nov. 15, 2012
Plastic pigeon eggs are visible in a new pigeon cot in Berlin. An architect's office designed cots for pigeons; the birds’ eggs are taken away and replaced by the plastic eggs in an effort to reduce the population in the city.
Maurizio Gambarini
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 15, 2012
Pike, a 30-year-old polar bear, rolls around in snow that was brought in to celebrate her birthday and the holiday season at the San Francisco Zoo.
Jeff Chiu
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AP
Nov. 13, 2012
Curled up with a zookeeper, giant panda cub Xiao Liwu receives his weekly veterinary exam at the San Diego Zoo. Initially placed on the floor, Xiao Liwu kept crawling into the laps of keepers, who were happy to accommodate him.
Tammy Spratt
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 13, 2012
A bush dog sits at the Jardim Zoo in Brasilia. Brazilian researchers are turning to cloning to help fight the decline of several animal species, including the bush dog. Scientists at Brazil's Embrapa agriculture research agency recently said they have spent two years building a gene library with hundreds of samples from eight native species.
Eraldo Peres
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AP
Nov. 14, 2012
Anya, a 24-year-old gorilla, carries her baby Emelia on her back at the Ramat Gan Safari, an open-air zoo near Tel Aviv.
Nir Elias
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Reuters
Nov. 18, 2012
A veterinary surgeon treats a security dog at a French military base in Kabul.
Eric Gaillard
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Oct. 26, 2012
Michael Eggers, 13, takes a break from the Disney Channel to give Spirit, also 13, some attention in Evansville, Ind. After being doused with gasoline and set on fire in 2000, Spirit was saved by an animal-control facility and adopted by the Eggers family. The dog wears a cone collar to keep her from disturbing an old wound on her left side.
Denny Simmons
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Evansville, Ind., Courier & Press via AP
Oct. 26, 2012
Spirit, once a nearly all-black dachshund mix who was set on fire more than a decade ago, now sports a salt-and-pepper coat. The Spirit Medical Fund was started in her name to help other animals at the Indiana facility that saved her life.
Denny Simmons
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Evansville, Ind., Courier & Press via AP
Nov. 17, 2012
SeaWorld rescue team member Jay Tacey helps a dog board a Southwest Airlines flight departing Newark Liberty International Airport. Sixty orphaned dogs and cats are being flown across the country for free to make room for thousands of animals who need shelter after Hurricane Sandy. The 60 rescue animals are moving to the Helen Woodward Animal Center in San Diego, which hopes to find homes for the pets.
Neilson Barnard
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Getty Images for SeaWorld
Nov. 17, 2012
SeaWorld rescue team member Anita Yeattes poses with a dog aboard a Southwest Airlines jet. SeaWorld's animal rescue team is assisting in the transport of 60 rescue animals from New Jersey to California.
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Getty Images for SeaWorld
Nov. 19, 2012
A baboon yawns while sitting in the sun at the Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich.
Michael Dalder
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Reuters
Nov. 19, 2012
Northern rockhopper penguins, new attractions at Munich’s Hellabrunn Zoo, spend time in their enclosure.
Michael Dalder
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Reuters
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