A snowy owl hatchling swallows a mouse at the Geiselwind leisure park in Germany
Four snowy owl hatchlings sit in a basket at Geiselwind leisure park in Germany
A tiny hedgehog, just over an inch and a half long, after it was rescued by St Tiggywinkles Wildlife hospital in Bucks at just one day old
A pair of newborn panda twins are seen at the Research Base of the Giant Panda Breeding Centre in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China
Tiny, a mouse created from stem cells created from mouse skin, looks around on a sofa in China
Chhouk, an orphaned baby Asian elephant, who can walk after being fitted with a prosthetic foot. The three-year-old was discovered roaming the forests alone in forests of Cambodia. His front left foot was caught in a poacher's snare.
Guests at Giraffe Manor in the shadow of Kenya?s Mount Kilimanjaro can get up close and personal with the world's tallest mammal. Part of the experience involves guests sharing the hotel with the animals
Leo the Lamb meets one of his new friends, Alice the kitten, at Lort Smith Animal Hospital, Melbourne. The stray lamb turned up unexpectedly at the inner-city animal hospital
A panther scratches itself at Troja Zoo in Prague
A clouded leopard cub sits in a cage in Rangamati, Bangladesh
Umka, the 65-day-old Ussuri tiger cub, is seen in a zoo in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent. The Ussuri tiger is one of the local names for the rare Siberian tiger
A male tiger is released into the waters of the river Harikhali at the Sundarbans delta forest, about 150 km (93 miles) south of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata
A white tiger plays in the water during a hot summer's day in the Moscow zoo
A monkey eats an icepop as a treat to cool off at a zoo in Hefei, in eastern China's Anhui province
Stuart Little the white wombat is, just like his famous movie namesake, very much part of a family. The white wombat was orphaned as a baby, and now lives with the family who run the Maryknoll Wildlife Shelter in Melbourne, Australia.
Two of four new-born Binturongs, also known as the Asian Bearcats, sit in a basket at the Tierpark zoo during their presentation to the media in Berlin, Germany
A startled hippotomus dashes from his hiding place, Shire River, Liwonde National Park, Malawi, Africa
A man with a hyena on a leash entertains residents in Rinka village of Katsina State, North-west Nigeria
Seals play at a seal-breeding station in Norddeich, northern Germany
A pig waits for food in a household yard in Sagua La Grande, in the province of Villaclara in central Cuba
A cow in a field in Wadhurst, East Sussex, with a horn which has grown backwards, pressing against its forehead
A boxer rests as dachshund puppies play near it in Sagua La Grande,in the province of Santa Clara in central Cuba
A little dog who had his ears and tail cut off in a brutal attack has become a star in Australia. Eight-week-old puppy Buckley had his ears and tail hacked off, most likely with scissors or shears, in a barbaric attack.
A female Lemur and her baby perch on a tree limb at the Bronx Zoo's "Madagascar!" exhibit in New York
Parakeets feed from a bird feeder in a domestic back garden in Charshalton Beeches in London, England
A flamingo drinks water at Erfurt zoo, central Germany
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