Photo gallery: Animal shots of the week
Cheetah cubs, fishing cats, lion cubs, bears, elephants, horses and an appearance by the first dog, Bo Obama - all in this week's animal gallery.
Birmingham Zoo Lion Cubs
In this Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011 photo, 12-week-old lion cubs play at the Birmingham, (Ala.) Zoo, and will join their parents in the predator hall Labor Day weekend. They were born May 25 to their mother, Akili and Kwanzaa, the zoo's male lion. (AP Photo/The Birmingham News/Jeff Roberts)
Ohio Zoo Fishing Cat
Three Fishing Cat kittens are seen at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. Born on July 29, the three kittens are being cade for at the zoo by their mother in a secluded den. In the wild, the nocturnal fishing cat is found in southern Asia in densely vegetated areas near marshes, mangroves, rivers and streams as well as in tropical dry forests. (AP Photo/S.J. Grahm, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium)
Bo Obama
First dog Bo Obama is walked across the tarmac to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, en route to Martha's Vineyard for a family vacation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Bear, wildlife, recovery
In this Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, photo, a black bear cub is seen recovering at the Wildlife Center located north of Espanola, N.M. (AP Photo/Albuquerque Journal, Adolphe Pierre-Louis)
Germany Zoo
Caucasian leopard cubs Kian and Shiwa (Panthera pardus saxicolor) sit in the zoo in Chemnitz , eastern Germany Monday Aug. 22, 2011. Both were born on July 3, 2011. (AP Photo/dapd/ Uwe Meinhold)
Saratoga Horse Racing
In a photo provided by the New York Racing Association, Hungry Island, with Alex Solis riding, captures the Woodford Reserve Lake Placid Stakes horse race at Saratoga Race Course on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (AP Photo/New York Racing Association)
Water Shortage
Black-necked Stilt's take off from the water Wednesday Aug. 17 2011 at Memorial Gardens Park in Odessa, Texas. The birds natural habitat is Salt marshes and shallow coastal bays in the East United States and Fresh Water Marshes in the west. Museum Specialist of the Sibley Nature Center Michael Nickell said the bird hunts for crustaceans and other animals that are found in shallow water. (AP Photo/Odessa American, Albert Cesare)
Wild Horse Mustang Days
Becky Englert, of Elk Mountain, hugs her wild horse, Balder, before entering the arena for their next event on Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, during the Wyoming State Fair Mustang Days in Douglas, Wyo. (AP Photo/The Casper Star-Tribune, Tim Kupsick
Spain Daily Life
People look at a cow from the entrance of a house during the running of El Pilon, in Falces northern Spain, Monday Aug. 15, 2011. (AP Photo / Alvaro Barrientos)
Australia Fur Seal
A rare subantarctic fur seal catches fish in his exercise pool at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. The young male seal being malnourished and emaciated was fund under bushes on the coast near Wollongong, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Sydney, and was brought to Taronga Zoo on June 2 for treatment. The closest colony of fur seals is more than 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) away from Macquarie Island. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Looking for lunch
Snowy egrets secure a bovine view for lunch lurking in tall pasture grass at Tomlinson's Beefmaster Ranch north of Vacaville, Calif., Saturday, August 20, 2011. (AP/Photo, The Reporter, Rick Roach)
Mexico Zoo
A squirrel monkey looks on from behind a fence at a zoo in Zacango, 130 km. southwest of Mexico City, Mexico, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, The Zacango zoo is one of several facilities in Mexico that take in animals seized from drug traffickers, pet smugglers and circuses without permits .(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Elephant Arrives
In this photo provided by the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium, Umasai, a five-year-old elephant from the Dresden Zoo gets used to her new surroundings at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium on Friday, Aug. 19, 2011 in Pittsburgh. After a few weeks of quarantine Umasai will be introduced to the rest of the Pittsburgh Zoo's elephant community. (AP Photo/Pittsburgh Zoo)
Mexico Zoo
A raccoon looks out from a barrel on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, at a Mexican zoo that houses animals seized from drug traffickers, pet smugglers and circuses without permits. The Zacango zoo, 130 kilometers southwest of Mexico City, is one of several facilities in Mexico that take in such animals.(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Britain Cheetahs
Andy Wolfenden, keeper of carnivores at Chester Zoo, holds one of four cheetah cubs born at the zoo in Chester, northwest England, Friday, Aug. 19, 2011. The cubs were also micro-chipped, weighed and sexed. (AP Photo/PA, Peter Byrne)
India Hindu Festival
A young Indian snake charmer displays snakes to Hindu devotees for money during the Manasa festival, or the festival of the goddess of snakes, at Khedaitola, about 100 kilometers (62.5 miles) north of Kolkata, India, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Britain Cheetahs
Gabby Drake, a veterinary resident at Chester Zoo, administers worming fluid to one of four baby cheetah's born at the zoo in Chester, northwest England, Friday, Aug. 19, 2011. The cubs were also micro-chipped, weighed and sexed. (AP Photo/PA, Peter Byrne)
Hannah Huse
Hannah Huse of Guilderland, N.Y., has her hands full with two Montadale sheep during her blue ribbon showing at the Altamont Fair in Altamont, N.Y., on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Brazil Ovenbird
A bird kwon in Portuguese as Joao de Barro or Ovenbird, stands near his nest in an electricity pole in downtown Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Germany Zoo
Caucasian leopard cub Kian (Panthera pardus saxicolor) reacts during weighing at the zoo in Chemnitz , eastern Germany Monday Aug. 22, 2011. Kian was born on July 3, 2011. (AP Photo/dapd/ Uwe Meinhold)
Mexico Zoo
A male and a female African lions on are seen at a zoo in Zacango, 130 km. southwest of Mexico City, Mexico, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, The Zacango zoo is one of several facilities in Mexico that take in animals seized from drug traffickers, pet smugglers and circuses without permits .(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
New Paca
This image provided by the San Diego Zoo shows a lowland paca named Paisley nursing from her mom in their den at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Wednesday Aug. 17, 2011 in San Diego. Born on Aug. 6, Paisley is beginning to eat solid foods and explore her exhibit. (AP Photo/San Diego Zoo, Ken Bohn)
Nepal Festival
Nepalese Hindu boys dressed up in festival attire walk around the city with cows during "Gai Jatra," or cow festival, in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011. Hindus in Nepal celebrate the festival in memory of family members who died the preceding year, believing that the cow will guide them in their journey to heaven. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)
Bald Eagle
A bald eagle takes flight from a sandbar with its meal in its talons, Brunswick, Maine, along the New Meadows River, on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
Tamanduas at the Reid Park Zoo, also known as lesser anteaters because of their size, have lived for years in the shadow of the zoo's three giant anteaters. Now, with the birth of one of the unusual creatures, the tamanduas are getting recognition.