Animal shots of the week
White tigers, bears, sea turtles, giraffes, flamingos and lions, plus dogs, cats and a deer rescued from Hurricane Isaac - all in this week's animal gallery.
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A rare white Indian tiger cub plays with its mother Surya Bara at a zoo in the city of Liberec, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. It's one of triplets that were born in July. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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A white rhino grasses as vehicles drive through at Six Flags Great Adventure's Wild Safari, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in Jackson, N.J. Six Flags is combining its animal safari with its amusement park into a single attraction, the company said Thursday. The drive-thru safari is ending Sept. 30. Next year, guests will be driven through a revamped safari area on park-provided open-air vehicles. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Graffes reach for food in their exhibit area at the Gladys Porter Zoo on Friday, Aug. 31, 2012 in Brownsville, Texas. (AP Photo/The Brownsville Herald, Christian Rodriguez)
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A fawn was one of the many animals rescued during operations in Plaquermines Parish, Louisiana, amid Hurricane Isaac on Wednesday, August 29, 2012. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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A dog evacuated from rising waters, waits for a ride to safety on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in Slidell, La. Isaac's maximum sustained winds had decreased to 45 mph and the National Hurricane Center said it was expected to become a tropical depression by Thursday night. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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A baby greater flamingo stands next to the adult birds at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012.(AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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Cats play in the iPet Companion virtual playroom at Best Friends Pet Adoptions and Spay/Neuter Center in Los Angeles, California. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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A giraffe crosses the road in front of two vehicles at Six Flags Great Adventure's Wild Safari, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in Jackson, N.J. Six Flags is combining its animal safari with its amusement park into a single attraction, the company said Thursday. The drive-thru safari is ending Sept. 30. Next year, guests will be driven through a revamped safari area on park-provided open-air vehicles. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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An adult giraffe eats in an exhibit area at the Gladys Porter Zoo on Friday, Aug. 31, 2012 in Brownsville, Texas. (AP Photo/The Brownsville Herald, Martha Hernandez)
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Three-year-old Andrew Gourlay pets a show pig with family friend Nicole Levy at the Great Lakes State Fair at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Mich., Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Guralnick)
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In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, the hands of veterinarian Dr. Doug Mader ultrasound the front right flipper of an endangered hawksbill sea turtle at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, in Marathon, Fla. The female reptile, laden with eggs, was discovered on a St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands beach Aug. 24, just after Tropical Storm Isaac brushed the Virgin Islands. By the extent of her injuries, wildlife officials believe she was repeatedly gaffed by a fisherman . (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman)
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A dog jumps through hoops as part of the Detroit Shrine Circus at the Great Lakes State Fair at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Mich., Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Guralnick)
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Cody Wysocki naps with one of his FFA-sponsored Holstein dairy steers he is showing at the the Great Minnesota Get-Together fair, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, in Falcon Heights, Minn. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Marlin Levison)
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People ride upside down on a loop on the Bizarro roller coaster ride at ix Flags Great Adventure as a bison stands in the park's Wild Safari, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in Jackson, N.J. Six Flags is combining its animal safari with its amusement park into a single attraction, the company said Thursday. The drive-thru safari is ending Sept. 30. Next year, guests will be driven through a revamped safari area on park-provided open-air vehicles. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Tommy Leonard, of Port Sulphur, La.., says goodbye to his dog 'Snuggles,' before he hands him over to animal control officers, who are keeping evacuees pets for them, at an evacuation shelter in Belle Chasse, La., due to the impending landfall of Isaac, which is expected reach the region as a hurricane this evening, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Isaac became a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday with winds of 75 mph. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Bette Zirkelbach, directly behind the turtle, trailed by veterinarian Dr. Doug Mader, pushes a gurney to move the endangered hawksbill sea turtle at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, in Marathon, Fla. The female reptile, laden with eggs, was discovered on a St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands beach, on Aug. 24, just after Tropical Storm Isaac brushed the Virgin Islands. It was transferred Saturday, Sept. 1, and is in extremely guarded condition. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman)
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Cattle are stranded on a slim piece of dry land as floodwaters from Hurricane Isaac recede in Plaquemines Parish, La., Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. More than 200,000 people across Louisiana still didn't have any power five days after Hurricane Isaac ravaged the state. Thousands of evacuees remained at shelters or bunked with friends or relatives. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 photo, Samantha Viar feeds her goat, Oreo, handfuls of oatmeal in her East Ridge, Tenn., backyard. An East Ridge ordinance prohibits farm animals within the city limits. Not wanting to be the people who got Jeff Vlar's goat, city council members in a Tennessee city will consider an exemption for the animal. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press)
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Dennis Preslan pets Scrappy Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 29, 2012 after the 3-month old pit bull/labrador mix was reunited with his owner Lyndsey Moeller and litter mates in North Pole, Alaska. Preslan found Scrappy gagged with a bandanna in a suitcase in a Dumpster after the puppy had being stolen from it's home. (AP Photo/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Eric Engman)
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A vehicle stands next to rhea at Six Flags Great Adventure's Wild Safari, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, in Jackson, N.J. Six Flags is combining its animal safari with its amusement park into a single attraction, the company said Thursday. The drive-thru safari is ending Sept. 30. Next year, guests will be driven through a revamped safari area on park-provided open-air vehicles. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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A rare white Indian tiger cub plays with its mother Surya Bara at a zoo in the city of Liberec, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. It's one of triplets that were born in July. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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People and a dog who were rescued from their flooded homes are loaded into a Louisiana National Guard truck, after Hurricane Isaac made landfall and flooded homes with 10 feet of water in Braithwaite, La., in Plaquemines Parish Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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A Black Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina) watches the photographer in his enclosure in the zoo in Dresden, eastern Germany Thursday Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd/Joern Haufe)
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A rare white Indian tiger cub sits at the feet of its mother Surya Bara at a zoo in the city of Liberec, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. It's one of triplets that were born in July. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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A bear sits in a tree at Eben G. Fine Park in Boulder, Colo., on Thursday morning Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Daily Camera, Paul Aiken)
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This photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society shows, a cormorant at the Brookfield Zoo, Tuesday, May 24, 2011 in Brookfield, Ill. As part of a national study to help track Asian carp, cormorants and white pelicans at Brookfield are feasting on a tasty treat of Asian carp, an invasive species that threatens the Great Lakes. The goal of the study, led by the U.S. Geological Survey's Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, is to identify and understand potential vectors of environmental DNA (eDNA), a monitoring tool that is used to track these fish throughout waterways. (AP Photo/Chicago Zoological Society, Jim Schulz)
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A shoebill is displayed at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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Lance Harding raises "fancy" pigeons, pictured Tuesday, August 28, 2012, which he keeps in a fly cage behind his South Sioux City home. Harding was denied a license for the birds. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
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This photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society shows, a pair of white pelicans at the Brookfield Zoo, Tuesday, May 24, 2011 in Brookfield, Ill. As part of a national study to help track Asian carp, cormorants and white pelicans at Brookfield are feasting on a tasty treat of Asian carp, an invasive species that threatens the Great Lakes. The goal of the study, led by the U.S. Geological Survey's Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, is to identify and understand potential vectors of environmental DNA (eDNA), a monitoring tool that is used to track these fish throughout waterways. (AP Photo/Chicago Zoological Society, Jim Schulz)
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Two circus lions rest in their cage parked on zoo grounds, in Asuncion, Paraguay,Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. The lions are two of the seven African lions and nine Bengal tigers from an Argentine circus that were stuck in a Paraguayan border town for two months and recently moved to a shaded area at the Asuncion Zoo where Paraguay's wildlife agency hopes they will be more comfortable as circus owners and Argentine officials work out the circus animals' paperwork for re-entry. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
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Lovey, a cat belonging to Don Duplantier, meows from its kennel in a pirogue brought to transport him, from his flooded home in Braithwaite, La., in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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After an examination by Idaho Department of Fish and Game veterinarian Mark Drew, Idaho Department of Fish and Game regional biologist Chris Gaughan puts a bandaged "Boo Boo," a bear cub that was found Sunday night by firefighters battling the Mustang Fire near Salmon, Idaho, back in his carrier at the Garden Valley U.S. Forest Ranger Station in Garden Valley, Idaho, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. Drew said that the cub has 2nd degree burns on all four of his paws and needs daily medical care for the next four to six weeks. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe Jaszewski)
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Children watch as rare white Indian tiger cubs feed at a zoo in the city of Liberec, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. Tiger triplets were born there in July. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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Idaho Department of Fish and Game veterinarian Mark Drew bandages the paws of "Boo Boo," a bear cub that was found Sunday night by firefighters battling the Mustang Fire near Salmon, Idaho, at the Garden Valley U.S. Forest Ranger Station in Garden Valley, Idaho, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. Drew said that the cub has 2nd degree burns on all four of his paws and needs daily medical care for the next four to six weeks. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe Jaszewski)
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Jenson, a Devon Rex, has a look around before the beginning of the Walker Art Center's first "Internet Cat Video Film Festival," showcasing the best of cat films on the Internet in Minneapolis, Minn., Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis held its first-ever online cat video festival, a compilation of silly cat clips that have become an Internet phenomenon, attracting millions of viewers for some of the videos. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)
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Carlo Maltese and his dog Pin ride in a boat after being rescued from his flooded home as Hurricane Isaac hits Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Braithwaite, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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George Larson of Minneapolis hurries to find a place to sit with his cat Fiona Mekenzie as they arrive at the The Walker Art Center for the first "Internet Cat Video Film Festival," showcasing the best of cat films on the Internet in Minneapolis Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis held its first-ever online cat video festival, a compilation of silly cat clips that have become an Internet phenomenon, attracting millions of viewers for some of the videos. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)
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A sea lion reaches for a fish during meal time at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012.(AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)