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April 23, 2012
Gracie, owned by Kristine Kamminga of Ankeny, Iowa, takes part in the 33rd annual Drake Relays Beautiful Bulldog Contest in Des Moines. The pageant kicked off the Drake Relays festivities at Drake University, whose mascot is a bulldog.
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April 23, 2012
Scrunch, owned by Amy McHugh of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is dressed up during the 33rd annual Drake Relays Beautiful Bulldog Contest in Des Moines.
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April 23, 2012
Elizabeth Ahrens of La Vista, Neb., holds her dog, Scruffy, during the 33rd annual Drake Relays Beautiful Bulldog Contest in Des Moines.
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April 18, 2012
Skippy, whose owner is Swiss Fed Cup tennis player Timea Bacsinszky, runs on the pitch during a training session in the Sports Center Arena in Yverdon, Switzerland.
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April 23, 2012
Polar bear cub Anori explores the outdoor enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany. Anori was born Jan. 4.
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April 21, 2012
A 1-month-old albino Bennett tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus) rests in his mother's pouch in the Garden of Nature zoo in Szeged, Hungary. New World Heritage legislation aims to protect the population of Bennett kangaroos.
Csaba Segesvari
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April 21, 2012
A 1-month-old albino Bennett tree kangaroo stands in an enclosure at the Garden of Nature zoo in Szeged, Hungary.
Csaba Segesvari
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April 20, 2012
Happy the hippo is seen at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, Australia. The popular 35-year-old zoo is home to more than 700 animals.
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April 20, 2012
Happy the hippo has his tusks filed by keeper Anthony Dorrian at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, Australia.
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April 23, 2012
A king penguin chick that hatched April 9 is unveiled at the Aquarium at Moody Gardens in Galveston, Tex. A blood test will be conducted to determine the sex of the bird, which came into life weighing about 20 ounces. This chick is the 14th king penguin chick to have been successfully bred at the aquarium. Because of space limitations, this chick will be go to another facility once weaned from its parents. The chick is in the main penguin exhibit at the aquarium, which is also home to Gentoo, macaroni, rockhopper and chinstrap penguins.
Johnny Hanson
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April 20, 2012
Ostriches look out from their enclosure at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, Australia.
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April 23, 2012
Birds perch on a branch during a spring snowstorm in Pembroke, N.Y.
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April 23, 2012
Two storks care for their chicks sitting in their nest at the wildlife park in Eekholt, northwestern Germany. Since Friday, four baby storks at the park have hatched.
Carsten Rehder
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April 24, 2012
Tigers play in a pond at a temple in Thailand’s Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok.
Chaiwat Subprasom
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April 24, 2012
A Thai volunteer plays with a tiger at a temple in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok. Thailand, one of just 13 countries hosting fragile tiger populations, is a hub of international smuggling. The worldwide number of tigers is estimated to have fallen to only 3,200 from about 100,000 a century ago.
Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
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April 21, 2012
Canuta, a female jaguar, walks in Las Leyendas zoo in Lima, Peru. Canuta and her twin sister, Zamba, were born in captivity a year ago in the zoo and were elected as symbols for Earth Day. The Amazonian species is about to be considered at risk of extinction.
Geraldo Caso
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April 21, 2012
Canuta, a female jaguar, is shown at Las Leyendas zoo in Lima, Peru.
Geraldo Caso
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April 20, 2012
A meerkat is seen at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, Australia.
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April 19, 2012
A newly hatched Philippine hawk-eagle stands before feeding time at the Philippine Eagle Foundation center in Davao on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
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A bald eagle carries food to its nest, north of Dubuque, Iowa, along the Mississippi River.
Jessica Reilly
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April 18, 2012
A scarlet macaw is shown at Rosy Walter zoo on El Picacho hill in northern Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Orlando Sierra
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April 19, 2012
A flamingo is pictured at the zoo in Wuppertal, western Germany.
Patrik Stollarz
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April 23, 2012
The fin of an albino killer whale is shown as the animal travels in a pod of 13 orcas near Bering island in the Commander Islands in Russia. A team of Russian scientists say they will embark on a quest next week to observe the only all-white adult killer whale ever spotted — a majestic and elusive bull they have nicknamed Iceberg.
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April 23, 2012
African penguins fight for fish during feeding time in their enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany.
Frank Augstein
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April 19, 2012
Sea lions play at the zoo in Wuppertal, western Germany.
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April 20, 2012
NJ, a 1-year-old Galapagos tortoise, eats grass at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, Australia.
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April 17, 2012
A brushtail possum is shown on New Zealand's North Island. The brushtail possum, a cuddly looking marsupial protected in its native Australia, has become a reviled feral pest in New Zealand, its fur providing a lucrative sideline for hunters who supply a burgeoning luxury-goods industry. The nocturnal marsupials were introduced in the 19th century, quickly spreading out of control to the point where officials estimate there are now 70 million of them.
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April 18, 2012
Loango, a crown male Mangabey monkey, is cared for by his keeper at the Jardin des Plantes zoo in Paris. The monkey was born March 5 and then rejected by his mother.
Kenzo Tribouillard
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April 18, 2012
A European shorthair cat plays with a mouse in a garden in Berlin.
Wolfgang Kumm
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April 18, 2012
Alea, a Lipizzaner horse, stands under a solarium at the stables of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. Every Lipizzaner horse receives individual care and attention, a regular work schedule and a specially created food plan. The solariums with infrared and ultraviolet light complete their daily wellness program.
Lisi Niesner
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Reuters
April 19, 2012
Capt. Owen Beynon Brown of the British Army King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery holds up his dog, Lord Percy, for Tango, his horse, to greet at Wellington Barracks in London. The troop was preparing for an inspection in Hyde Park in preparation for ceremonial roles in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 Olympics.
Kirsty Wigglesworth
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AP
April 22, 2012
A Cornish Rex cat touches noses with a referee during an international feline beauty competition in Bucharest, Romania. The contest included 200 cats.
Vadim Ghirda
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AP
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