Animals In News

 

Billy the 16-year-old eagle owl is kept cool by his owner Mick Warrior in Havant, Hants

Chandra the Elephant enjoys a cold shower at the zoo in Zurich, Switzerland. Temperatures have risen up to 35 degrees Celsius in the region

A newly-born calf mooches grass from its mother at Deepor Beel wildlife sanctuary, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India

Vitus, an 18-year-old male polar bear, shakes off water inside his enclosure at the zoo in Budapest, Hungary

Hudson, a three and a half year-old polar bear, puts on a show as he dives in a pool at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois

A Russian zookeeper waters down a bear at the zoo in St. Petersburg, Russia

Kekasih, a two and a half year-old orangutan, climbs ropes while eating a snack at the zoo in Brookfield, Illinois

An adult orangutan watches visitors at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois

A monkey eats watermelon to stay cool in the hot weather at Qinling wildlife park, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China

A Red Panda relaxes on a branch at the zoo in Kronberg, western Germany

A raccoon walks through his enclosure at the Wisentgehege animal park in Springe near Hanover, western Germany

A smart squirrel leaps onto a bird feeder containing its favourite food. Bird lover Jane Roberts of Fareham said:''I spend £35 a month on sunflower seeds for the birds but when the squirrels arrive it only lasts a couple of weeks, so I try to find ways to stop them , but they always beat me whatever I do''

Asiatic Lion cubs are treated by the veterinarian at the zoo in Magdeburg, Germany. Two young lions were separated from their mothers for a short time to get a medical checkup. The lions were inoculated and implanted a microchip. They were born on 13 May 2010 and by now weigh about 8 kilograms. The new blood for the endangered species of big cats, that can only be found wild in a reservation in India, is a big success

A female African lion (Panthera leo) jumps into the Khwai river, Okavango Delta, Moremi reserve, Botswana.

Lions will usually only swim when they really have to, but the lions that live in the water-logged Okavango Delta, which floods seasonally, have adapted to their watery habitat. The lions often have to cross water or rivers in order to get around. The lions' most common prey is the red lechwe, a semi-aquatic antelope that will retreat to water to avoid predators

A Cape fur seal swims in a pool in its enclosure at a zoo in Frankfurt, central Germany

A new born male Grant's Zebra is flanked by his mother Wendy at Rome zoo

A young zebra stallion Kibwano with its mother Nella (right) in Zurich's zoo, Switzerland

Purple sheep feeding from a trough in a field close to the site of the Latitude Festival at Henham Park, Suffolk

Dogs dressed as a "wedding couple" pose for photos during a pet show in Taipei

A Japanese Spitz named Lucy is dyed as a bird for a pet colouring competition at a pet show in Taipei

Tim the Alsatian water-skis on the French Riviera, off Nice, south eastern France. For the last two years Tim has been joining his owner Marco, a waterski tutor at the Nikaia Watersports Centre in Nice, on a board towed behind a speedboat

Australian scientists have discovered bizarre prehistoric sea life hundreds of metres below the Great Barrier Reef, in an unprecedented mission to document species under threat from ocean warming. Among the creatures they discovered were this deep-sea anglerfish...

...and this deep sea jellyfish Atolla