Animal shots of the week
A cat and its kittens adopt a squirrel into the family, white tiger cubs, ring-tailed lemurs, Alex Rodriguez with "Sgt. Rex" and a German dog show - all in this week's animal gallery.
Cats and Squirrel
The family cat has adopted an injured squirrel that was found by Bailee Schultz, 8, near his grandparent's house in Bangor Township, Mich., and has been nursing it as one of her own. (AP Photo/The Bay City Times, Yfat Yossifor)
Ukraine Tymoshenko's Tigers
White tiger cubs are nursed from bottles by a Zoo worker in the Ukraine's biggest zoo in the Black Sea resort city Yalta, Friday, May 11, 2012. A beautiful white tiger that became a symbol of Yulia Tymoshenko's presidential campaign has returned to the spotlight by giving birth to four cubs, including a rare albino one. Tigryulia, a 3-year-old white Bengal tiger successfully delivered the cubs, but has been reluctant to nurse them, apparently distracted by zoo visitors and her partner, a 6-year-old tiger from France named Patrice. (AP Photo/ Andrew Lubimov)
Member Exchange-Wounded Eagle
A bald eagle found injured in a pool of blood in a Broomall parking lot three weeks ago sits in a tree after being released Monday, May 7, 2012 at Ridley Creek State Park, Pa. Wildlife officials determined that the 4-year-old male had been shot at some point, suffered from lead poisoning, and, most recently, likely had been hit by a car. (AP Photo/The Philadelphia Inquirer, April Saul)
Parrots Seized Sanctuary
This photo provided by the Humane Society of the United States shows a parrot resting on a rope at a sanctuary, "Wings Over the Rainbow" in Moraine, Ohio Thursday, May 10, 2012. Animal welfare officials say about 100 parrots and other birds were removed from the parrot sanctuary in southwest Ohio after complaints about the birds' living conditions. (AP Photo/Humane Society of the United States, Kathy Milani)
Watch Dog
A rottweiler pokes it's nose through a hole in a fence which surrounds a yard on Chestnut Street in Berwick, Pa., as it watches the police activity taking place across the street at an apartment building which is being investigated after an early morning explosion, fire and possible meth-lab Friday, May 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Press-Enterprise, Jimmy May)
Ukraine Tymoshenko's Tigers
White tiger cubs are nursed from bottles by a Zoo worker in the Ukraine's biggest zoo in the Black Sea resort city Yalta, Friday, May 11, 2012. A beautiful white tiger that became a symbol of Yulia Tymoshenko's presidential campaign has returned to the spotlight by giving birth to four cubs, including a rare albino one. Tigryulia, a 3-year-old white Bengal tiger successfully delivered the cubs, but has been reluctant to nurse them, apparently distracted by zoo visitors and her partner, a 6-year-old tiger from France named Patrice. (AP Photo/ Andrew Lubimov)
India Zoo
A Bengal tiger wades in a pool at his enclosure at the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, May 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Ukraine Tymoshenko's Tigers
In this handout photo provided by Skazka Zoo, taken May 6, 2012, a female white albino tiger, Tigryulia is seen with her newborn cub at the Skazka Zoo in Yalta, Ukraine. The tiger gave birth to four cubs, including a rare albino tiger. A beautiful white tigress was the symbol of Yulia Tymoshenko's presidential election campaign, representing her ferocious resolve. (AP Photo/Skazka Zoo)
Missouri Daily Life
Four Red River Hog piglets gather around their mother, Binti, in the Congo section of Africa at the Kansas City Zoo on Thursday, May 10, 2012 in Kansas City, Mo.. The piglets weighed about 2 pounds when they were born at the zoo on April 23. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Keith Myers)
Justin Kirk
"Animal Practice" co-stars Crystal the monkey and actor Justin Kirk arrive for the NBC network upfront presentation at Radio City Music Hall, Monday, May 14, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Lincoln Children's Zoo Lemurs
Meara, a Ring-tailed lemur with her twins as keeper Missy Rutten works in the exhibit on Thursday, May 10, 2012, at the Lincoln Children's Zoo. Meara gave birth on Thursday, May 3rd. Earlier this week their was another birth as a second Ring-tailed lemur, Aislinn, had a single offspring. (AP Photo/Ted Kirk, Lincoln Journal Star)
Ukraine Tymoshenko's Tigers
A white tiger cub is nursed from a bottle by a Zoo worker in the Ukraine's biggest zoo in the Black Sea resort city Yalta, Friday, May 11, 2012. A beautiful white tiger that became a symbol of Yulia Tymoshenko's presidential campaign has returned to the spotlight by giving birth to four cubs, including a rare albino one. Tigryulia, a 3-year-old white Bengal tiger successfully delivered the cubs, but has been reluctant to nurse them, apparently distracted by zoo visitors and her partner, a 6-year-old tiger from France named Patrice. (AP Photo/ Andrew Lubimov)
Parrots Seized Sanctuary
This photo provided by the Humane Society of the United States shows an investigator with the Humane Society of the United States looking at cages as a parrot looks on at the "Wings Over the Rainbow" in Moraine, Ohio Thursday, May 10, 2012. Animal welfare officials say about 100 parrots and other birds were removed from a parrot sanctuary in southwest Ohio after complaints about the birds' living conditions. (AP Photo/Humane Society of the United States, Kathy Milani)
Alex Rodriguez, Sgt. Rex Megan Leavey, Randy Levine
New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, left, keeps his distance from combat dog Sgt. Rex while greeting former Marine Cpl. and Purple Heart recipient Megan Leavey, center, as Yankees team president Randy Levine, right, looks on during a ceremony before the start of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sunday, May 13, 2012. Through two tours of duty in Iraq, Sgt. Rex was by Leavey's side. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Dog Show
Heather Foti grooms "Jazzy" a Bedlington Terrier for the St. Hubert Kennel Club annual AKC-sanctioned dog show at the fairgrounds in North Stonington, Conn., Friday, May 11, 2012. The show continues Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (AP Photo/The Day, Sean D. Elliot)
Cats and Squirrel
The family cat has adopted an injured squirrel that was found by Bailee Schultz, 8, near his grandparent's house in Bangor Township, Mich., and has been nursing it as one of her own. (AP Photo/The Bay City Times, Yfat Yossifor)
Ind. Daily Life
Max, a 3-year-old English Bulldog, rides his skateboard in downtown Indianapolis, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Max's owner, Erick Yorkman, right, taught Max how to get a running start with two legs on the skateboard, jump on for a ride, then kick with one leg to push himself along. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Charlie Nye)
Germany Zoo Elephant
A yet unnamed male Asian elephant baby (Elephas maximus) stands next to his mother Nova, left, at the Tierpark Zoo in Berlin Thursday May 10, 2012. The baby was born Tuesday May 8. (AP Photo/dapd/Timur Emek)
Germany Dog Show
A Yorkshire Terrier is prepared for his contest at the dog show in Dortmund, Germany, Friday, May 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
California Daily Life
"Alex," a female Sumatran orangutan, right, spends some quiet time with her male friend, "Busar," left, Thursday morning, May 10, 2012 at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo, in Fresno, Calif. (AP Photo/The Fresno Bee, John Walker)
Safari Park celebrates 40 years of conservation
A woman smiles for pictures as she feeds a giraffe during a ride on the Photo Caravan Safari truck at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido on Wednesday.
Bronx Zoo Black Necked Swans
In this May 2, 2012 photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society, three new born Black-Necked swans or cygnets, swim with a male Black-Necked swan in Heart Lake at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo in New York. Native to South America, Black-Necked swans can be found along coastal areas and on inland lakes in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Brazil but these swans can be found in Heart Lake, a habitat that supports several species of water fowl and is located on the western side of the zoo. (AP Photo/WCS, Julie Larsen Maher)
Germany Zoo
An ostrich (Struthio camelus) stands in his enclosure in the zoo in Berlin, Friday May 11, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd/Andreas ProstB
India Zoo
A Bengal white tiger drinks water at his enclosure at the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, May 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)