Photo gallery: Animal shots of the week
Bears, hippos, rhinos, and the usual mix of cats and dogs make up this week's animal gallery.
Romania Slovenia Bear Cub
In this June 30, 2011 photo provided by animal protection group Vier Pfoten Lucky the bear cub holds onto a keeper's hand in Muta, Slovenia, before being shipped to a bear sanctuary in Romania's central region Transylvania. A bear cub who captivated Slovenians has arrived at a Romanian orphaned bear center where he will spend two years developing natural instincts before being returned to the wild. Bear orphanage chairman Leonardo Bereczky said Wednesday, July 6, 2011, that 6-month old Lucky had arrived at the sanctuary in Harghita in central Romania last week and is doing well. (AP Photo/Dieter Nagl, HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
France Dog Show
Ava, a 20-month old Mastino Napoletano, rests after winning the dog contest in her category, during the World Dog Show, in Villepeinte, north of Paris, Thursday July 7, 2011.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
Vermont Deer
A deer looks up from grazing in a sun-drenched field on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 in Barre, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
Yellowstone Grizzly Bear
A grizzly bear roams near Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Wednesday July 6, 2011. A grizzly bear killed a man who was hiking with his wife in Yellowstone National Park's backcountry after the couple apparently surprised the female bear and its cubs on Wednesday, park officials said. It was the park's first fatal grizzly mauling since 1986, but the third in the Yellowstone region in just over a year. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)
Germany Zoo Snowy Owl
A snowy owl fledgling ( Nyclea scandiaca) , born a month ago, sits in his enclosure in the zoo of Hanover, northern |Germany, Tuesday July 5, 2011. (AP Photo/dapd/ Stefan Simonsen)
Cycling Tour De France
A small dog is seen as its owner waits for the pack to pass during the sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 226.5 kilometers (140.7 miles) starting in Dinan, Brittany, and finishing in Lisieux, Normandy, western France, Thursday July 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Japan Daily Life
A cat eats under the bench at a park in central Tokyo, Thursday, July 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
So Yeon Ryo, Daren Herden
A deer crosses in front of South Korean golfer So Yeon Ryo and her caddy Daren Herden as they play the 10th hole during the fourth round of the Women's U.S. Open golf tournament at the Broadmoor Golf Club on Sunday, July 10, 2011, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Stork Delivery
Two lesser adjutant storks were released in their new aviary Thursday morning July 7, 2011 at the Racine, Wis. Zoo. The storks share quarters with a western tufted deer, which is also from northern Indochina. The zoo is one of only three zoos outside of Asia which have the species. The two storks, thought to be less than five years old, were obtained from the Bronx Zoo. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg)
National Cherry Festival
Zack, a two-year-old black Labrador Retriever, jumps to grab a toy during the annual Ultimate Air Dog competition at the 85th National Cherry Festival Friday on Friday, July 8, 2011. Dogs jump off a platform into a large pool of water, and are judged by the distance they jump. (AP Photo/John L. Russell)
New Gorilla
This image provided by the San Diego Zoo shows mother gorilla Kokamo perched on a rock while holding the youngest member of the gorilla troop at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Wednesday July 6, 2011 in San Diego. Born on June 17, the 18-day-old male gorilla has been named Monroe. (AP Photo/San Diego Zoo)
Czech Republic Lonely Northern Rhino
Nabire, the 27-year-old northern white female rhino accompanied with 38-year-old southern white rhino Natal, right, sits in an enclosure at the zoo in Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic, Friday, July 8, 2011. Another female northern white, Nesari, died in Dvur Kralove in her sleep May 26, 2011, at the age 39, further reducing the world's dwindling population of the critically endangered animal. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Highland Games
"Spot", a border collie, herds a group of sheep during the 56th Annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Games at Grandfather Mountain in Linville, N.C., Friday, July 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Missouri River Flooding
Two fawns stand on a patch of land amidst a sewer pond, Wednesday July 6, 2011, in Big Lake, Mo. Most residents of the northwest Missouri village of Big Lake had to evacuate their homes last month as levee breaks on the Missouri River moved south in June. (AP Photo/The St. Joseph News-Press, Jessica Stewart)
Dog Treat
Tinka savors a puppy treat created by his owner Jackie Avina of Los Angeles as over 20 pet charity groups throughout Orange County came together for the Scott Sellman fundraiser and charity event outside his new restaurant, Milo's Cafe, in Lake Forest, Calif. on Saturday, July 9, 2011. The event, held at the health-oriented cafe with an outdoor dog patio, was in memory of the avid animal lover who died suddenly on June 16. He would have been 43 on July 9. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Ana Venegas)
India Daily Life
A stray dog sleeps as a policeman stands guard, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Adopted platoon dog
Bean, the adopted platoon dog, looks on as Sgt. Eric Scharf, 27, of Temecula, Calif., right, joins Spc. Jacob Green, 22, of Shreveport, La., center, and fellow soldiers with the U.S. Army's 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment based in Hawaii, for dinner overlooking the Cherigal Valley Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Observation Point Mustang in Kunar province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Kynnlee League
In a July 7, 2011 photo, Kynnlee League, 2, has fun with her boer goat, Gabe, before competition during the Open Goat Show at the Lincoln County Fair, near Stanford, Ky. (AAP Photo/The Advocate Messenger, Clay Jackson)
Samdhong Rinpoche
Samdhong Rinpoche, prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, pats a stray dog who walked on stage during celebrations to mark the 76th birthday of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, July 6, 2011. In May, the Dalai Lama relinquished his leadership of Tibet's government-in-exile, giving up the political power that he and his predecessors have wielded over Tibetans for hundreds of years. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Cowboy Monkey Richmond Baseball
The Cowboy Monkey rides a Border Collie after horned sheep in center field between the Double-A baseball Flying Squirrels' double-header with the Harrisburg Senators on Saturday, July 9, 2011, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, P. Kevin Morley)
Laramie Jubilee Days
Fisher Frude hangs on during the mutton bustin' event at the Laramie Jubilee Days Junior Bull Riding, Tuesday, July 5, 2011, in Laramie, Wyo. (AP Photo/Laramie Boomerang, Andy Carpenean)