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Animal views A mule deer, joeys, geese, rhinos, marmosets, dogs and other fascinating creatures.
Jan. 10, 2013
A stuck mule deer buck struggles unsuccessfully to get off the ice of a frozen lake in Golden, Colo. According to the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife, which was considering a rescue, the deer was most likely unable to get himself off the slippery ice due to injury and exhaustion.
Brennan Linsley
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AP
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Jan. 9, 2013
In this photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society, 10- and 11-month-old kangaroo joeys poke their heads out of their mothers’ pouches at the Brookfield Zoo’s Australia House exhibit in Brookfield, Ill. The joeys, born last year, have only recently emerged from the pouches to explore their surroundings.
Jim Schulz
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AP
Jan. 9, 2013
Rusty, the new red panda at the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend, Ind., stretches on her perch. She is one of several new animals at the zoo.
Greg Swiercz
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AP
Jan. 10, 2013
An African lioness, part of a group of seven lions, rests in a cage in a zoo in Asuncion, Paraguay. An environmental district attorney ordered the seizure of nine tigers and seven African lions from an Argentine circus, as they had no visa to legally enter the country.
Norberto Duarte
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 9, 2013
Dian, a snow leopard born in June 2011, sits in his enclosure at the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend, Ill.
Greg Swiercz
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AP
Jan. 10, 2013
Sled dogs take part in the Border Rush Race in Giant Mountains National Park in Jakuszyce, Poland. Border Rush is an international sled dog race that starts in the Czech-Polish border region.
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Jan. 10, 2013
Russ Johnson, president of the Phoenix Herpetological Society, and his crew pull an alligator named Spike from his pond in Scottsdale, Ariz. The 400-pound, 9-foot alligator was sold to a private buyer in Florida and made a cross-country road trip to his new home.
Matt York
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AP
Jan. 10, 2013
Workers from the Phoenix Herpetological Society move alligator Spike inside his transportation tube into a van for travel in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Matt York
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AP
Jan. 13, 2013
The sun shines onto a blue tit sitting inside an apple tree in Frankfurt, Germany. The frozen fruits prove to be an alternative feast for the small birds.
Frank Rumpenhorst
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 9, 2013
A stray dog chases geese near a restaurant on Mount Cobenzl in northern Vienna.
Heinz-Peter Bader
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Reuters
Jan. 9, 2013
Three killer whales surface through a breathing hole in the ice of Hudson Bay near the community of Inukjuak, Quebec. The whales were part of a pod of several that were trapped in the sea ice and took turns breathing through a hole about the size of a pickup truck. Inukjuak’s mayor had called upon the Canadian government to send an icebreaker to save the whales, but they reached safety after the floes shifted on Hudson Bay, according to the mayor's office.
Maggie Okituk
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Reuters
Jan. 8, 2013
A bald eagle catches a fish in the Des Moines River in downtown Des Moines. Iowa’s cold, icy winters drive the birds to rivers to forage for food when inland waters freeze over.
Charlie Neibergall
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AP
Jan. 8, 2013
A dog walks in the snow in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights.
Ammar Awad
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Reuters
Jan. 8, 2013
Four-week-old Jamil, a greater one-horned rhinoceros, stands beside his mother, Behan, at an enclosure at Whipsnade Zoo in England. The young rhino made its first public appearance, stepping out from his paddock for the first time to be counted in the annual zoo census.
Adrian Dennis
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 8
A 2-week-old African elephant calf stands near its mother, Mbali, at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa.
Fitterer, Brendan
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AP
Jan. 9, 2013
A chimpanzee eats an ice cream during a hot day at Rio de Janeiro’s zoo.
Sergio Moraes
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Reuters
Jan. 11, 2013
A locust is fed to a red-handed tamarin during a zoo census in Duisburg, Germany.
Frank Augstein
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AP
Jan. 8, 2013
A silvery marmoset looks through a window to check for food at Whipsnade Zoo in England. The zoo is home to more than 2,500 animals.
Adrian Dennis
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 11, 2013
Menta, equipped with a dog wheelchair, takes a rest at the Milagros Caninos sanctuary for abused and abandoned dogs in Mexico City. About 128 abused dogs are sheltered at the sanctuary.
Eduardo Verdugo
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AP
Jan. 11, 2013
Lemon Pie, a Belgian shepherd mix, walks on his prosthetic front legs on the grounds of the Milagros Caninos sanctuary for abused and abandoned dogs in Mexico City Sanctuary owner Patricia Ruiz said Lemon Pie was found last February in a trash can, where he was left to die after his two fronts legs were cut off. She said people who asked her to help Lemon Pie told her that drug traffickers used the dog to practice for mutilating humans.
Eduardo Verdugo
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AP
Jan. 9, 2013
One of the dogs that was caught near the site of four fatal maulings sits inside a cage at a dog pound in Mexico City. Authorities have captured dozens of dogs near the scene of the attacks in the capital’s poor Iztapalapa district. Photos of the forlorn dogs brought a wave of sympathy for the animals, doubts about their involvement in the killings and debate about government handling of the stray dog problem.
Dario Lopez-Mills
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AP
Jan. 13, 2013
A French bulldog and its owner attend a purification ceremony by Shinto priests at the Ichigaya Kamegaoka-Hachiman shrine in Tokyo. About 500 pets and their owners visit the shrine to celebrate the New Year and pray for the animals’ health and happiness.
Yoshikazu Tsuno
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AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 14, 2013
Cats are seen locked in cases without food and water after a traffic accident on a street in Changsha in China’s Hunan province. A truck carrying more than 1,000 cats to Guangdong to sell them to diners ended up on the roadside after a traffic accident. About 50 animal protection group members and volunteers rescued the cats after they heard the news and later sent the cats to a pet clinic for treatment.
China Daily
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Reuters
Jan. 12, 2013
Jeff Fobb holds a Burmese python as he speaks to the media at the registration event and press conference for the start of the 2013 Python Challenge in Davie, Fla. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and its partners launched the month-long Python Challenge to harvest Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades. The contest features prizes of $1,000 for catching the longest snake and $1,500 for catching the most. The species is not native to Florida.
Joe Raedle
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Jan. 12, 2013
A woman stops to pat Manchas, or Spots, a pet pig being walked by its owner, Claudia Botas, shown in the background, in Lisbon’s Graca neighborhood.
Francisco Seco
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AP
Jan. 14, 2013
A flock of ducks is fed on a pond at the Royal Lazienki Park in Warsaw.
Peter Andrews
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Reuters
Jan. 14, 2013
Wild geese take off near Brokdorf, northern Germany.
Christian Charisius
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AFP/Getty images
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