Photos: Animal shots of the week
Dogs get a chance to run and play with the help of prosthetic legs, Britain royals get up close to a koala bear and new baby zoo animals make an appearance — it's all in this week's animal gallery.
Animal shots of the week
This July 19, 2012 photo provided by Canine Assistants shows Pirelli, a Labrador-golden retriever mix who was born in Dec. 2011 with his umbilical cord wrapped around his back left leg so he never grew a paw in Atlanta, Ga. Pirelli uses a prosthetic limb and with it is a "happy, expressive dog, able to run and play, retrieve things and eat his food," says his handler, Dudley Arnold. (AP Photo/Canine Assistants, Dudley Arnold)
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In this August 26, 2011 photo provided by OrthoPets, shows Nakiío, a red heeler mix breed, the first dog to receive four prosthetic limbs at Denver, Colo. Nakiío was found in the cellar of a Nebraska foreclosed home with all four legs and its tail frozen in puddles of water-turned-ice. What frostbite didnít do, a surgeon did, amputating all four legs and giving him four prosthetics. (AP Photo/OrthoPets, Lindsey Mladivinich)
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A dog is carried by its owner on the field during the pups in the park parade before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the St. Louis Cardinals at Nationals Park, Saturday, April 19, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Young Polar bear Anori plays with his toys in the pool of their enclosure at the Zoo in Wuppertal, Germany, Wednesday, April 16, 2014 as spring weather arrives in Germany with temperatures up to 19 degrees Celsius (66 Fahrenheit) and continuous sunshine. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
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In this photo provided by the San Diego Zoo, the 5-month-old Sumatran orangutan, Aisha, practices climbing with mother, Indah, not shown, nearby at the San Diego Zoo in San Diego. (AP Photo/San Diego Zoo, Ken Bohn)
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Bubba, a rescued great horned owl now living with the Tucson Wildlife Center keeps an eye on the passersby for the 20th Annual Earth Day Festival at Reid Park, Friday, April 12, 2014, Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Two moose munch on shrubs near Muldoon Road Monday, April 14, 2014. in East Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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Taigan Safari Park director Oleg Zubkov holds a newly born Japanese macaque monkey in the Taigan Safari Park, about 50 km (31 miles) east of Simferopol, Crimea, Saturday, April 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Alexander Polegenko)
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A diver dressed as the Easter Bunny swims among sharks, rays and other species of fish in the Shipwreck habitat, Thursday, April 17, 2014 at the South East Asia Aquarium of Resorts World Sentosa, a popular tourist attraction in Singapore.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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A three month old white Bengal female tiger cub looks around her enclosure at the Buenos Aires Zoo, Argentina, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Three month old white Bengal tigers cubs play inside their enclosure at the Buenos Aires Zoo, Argentina, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, left, meet Leuca the Koala held by keeper Lucinda Cveticanin during a wildlife show while on a visit to Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, Pool)
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Britain's Prince William reacts as he and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, left, feed giraffes during a visit to Sydney's Taronga Zoo, Australia Sunday, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/David Gray/Pool)
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This undated photo issued by Channel 4 on Wednesday April 9, 2014 shows Britain's first cloned dog, a dachshund called Mini Winnie. The dog was cloned from the 12-year-old pet called Winnie, owned by Rebecca Smith, from London after winning a £60,000 competition organised by a South Korean tech firm. The dachshund puppy was born in Seoul, South Korea, at the end of March 2014. (AP Photo/Channel 4)
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A family of squirrels peer out from their underground burrow in the green grass area of a park on E. Belle Terrace Avenue Friday, April 18, 2014, in Bakersfield, Calif., (AP Photo/The Bakersfield Californian, Casey Christie)
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A dog walks on the field wearing Washington Nationals apparel during the pups in the park parade before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the St. Louis Cardinals at Nationals Park Saturday, April 19, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Volunteer Rachel Reese photographs Daisy, a Pitbull mix, in a portable studio that she set up in the Matanuska Susitna Borough Animal Care Facility near Palmer on Sunday, April 13, 2014. Reese has created a Facebook page "Alaskan Shelter Dogs" and has made it her mission to help find the dogs their "forever homes." (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
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Dressed for the occasion, Barbara Pezzotta, left, and her dog Daisy pose for photographs as they take part in the Easter Parade along New York's Fifth Avenue, Sunday, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
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Visitors watch Humboldt penguins at the Vincennes zoo, outside Paris, Saturday April 12, 2014.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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Visitors watch giraffes at the Vincennes zoo, outside Paris, Saturday April 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
Animal shots of the week
Young Polar bear Anori plays with his toys in the pool of their enclosure at the Zoo in Wuppertal, Germany, Wednesday, April 16, 2014 as spring weather arrives in Germany with temperatures up to 19 degrees Celsius (66 Fahrenheit) and continuous sunshine. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
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A Siberian tiger yawns as it lies in the sun in its enclosure at the zoo of Duisburg, northwestern Germany, Monday, April 14, 2014. (AP Photo/dpa, Roland Weihrauch)
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Four capybara pups (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) follow their mother, at the private Attica Zoological Park in Spata, east of Athens, Thursday, April 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Four capybara pups (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) sit next to their mother, at the private Attica Zoological Park in Spata, east of Athens, Thursday, April 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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A two week old chulengo reacts, at the private Attica Zoological Park in Spata, east of Athens, Thursday, April 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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A guanaco feeds its off-spring, at the private Attica Zoological Park in Spata, east of Athens, Thursday, April 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Four capybara pups (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) follow their mother, at the private Attica Zoological Park in Spata, east of Athens, Thursday, April 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this March 2014 photo provided by the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge, is a sea lion pup named Hoppie who was found at Mape's Ranch near Modesto, Calif. Workers at the central California ranch could hardly believe their eyes when they spotted a sea lion pup hopping through an almond orchard, a mile from the San Joaquin River. Hoppie is now recovering at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, Calif., and is undergoing treatment for sores and getting some much-needed nourishment in hopes of returning him to the wild. (AP Photo/San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge, Eric Hopson)
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Lucile Kondrotan, 74, of Tilton, N.H., throws up a slice of bread while feeding birds at Sohier Par near the Cape Neddick Lighthouse, Friday, April 18, 2014, in York, Maine. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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In this Sunday, April 6, 2014 photo, 12-year-old Honey, left, and other guests eat dog friendly birthday cake at a party for one-year-old dachshund Camila in Mexico City, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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A red ruffed lemur sits on a fence to take in the warmth of the spring sun at Artis Royal Zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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A red ruffed lemur spreads his arms to take in the warmth of the spring sun while another one walks over the beam of a fence at Artis Royal Zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Seven-and-a-half month old male chimpanzee Ajani explores his outdoor quarters at Artis Royal Zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Seven-and-a-half month old male chimpanzee Ajani looks up while playing under the watchful eye of his mother Amber, rear, as they explore their outdoor quarters at Artis Royal Zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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A pair of majestic, and endangered, Whooping Cranes take flight on Friday, April 18, 2014, after feeding in the a backwater slough along the Missouri River south of Bismarck. Whooping cranes are the largest North American birds with a wingspan of more than seven feet and stand four feet nine inches on average. (AP Photo/The Tribune, Tom Stromme)
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This photo provided by the Oregon Zoo shows Asian elephant Packy receiving a fruit, vegetable and frosting concoction for his 52nd birthday Monday, April 14, 2014 in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Oregon Zoo, Michael Durham)
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A yet unnamed Florida panther cub gets acquainted with his new enclosure at the Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park in Homosassa Springs, Fla., Friday April 11, 2014. The cub was discovered by two Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists in January in the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge in Naples, Fla. Biologists estimated the cub's age to be one week. They say the male cub was abandoned, suffering hypothermia and close to death. (AP Photo/Citrus County Chroncile, Matthew Beck)
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A man takes a snapshot of Humboldt penguins as they swim in a pool, at the Vincennes Zoo, in Paris, Tuesday, April 8, 2014. (AP Paris/ Thibault Camus)
Animal shots of the week
Humboldt penguins swim in a pool, at the Vincennes Zoo, in Paris, Tuesday, April 8, 2014. (AP Paris/ Thibault Camus)
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A frog swims in a fountain in the village of Mokrin, 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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Two brown bear cubs play in their enclosure at Juraparc zoo near Vallorbe, Switzerland, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)
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A brown bear cub eats and plays with its mother Ursina in their enclosure at Juraparc zoo near Vallorbe, Switzerland, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)
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A red ibis flies through the new aviary at the zoo in Zurich, Switzerland, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Keystone, Steffen Schmidt)
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Zoo Club member Genevieve Benkert holds Tulip the rabbit for people to pet during the Chattanooga Zoo's Hug-a-Bunny Day at the Chattanooga Zoo on Saturday, April 19, 2014, in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press,Doug Strickland)
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In this April 12, 2014 photo, two members of each team compete in a kind of Pony Express relay race at Pioneer Days in Willacy County in Lyford, Texas. (AP Photo/Valley Morning Star, David Pike)
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A pug named Zoe goes through a tunnel during an agility and obstacle class at the East Texas "Better Together" Mini Camp at Camp Tyler on Thursday April 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Tyler Morning Telegraph, Sarah A. Miller)
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Some of the flamingos gather as Zoo Miami officials prepare to corral and catch each of the 38 birds at their old exhibit so they can be relocated on the zoo grounds in Miami on Thursday, April 17, 2014. (Patric Farrell/Miami Herald/MCT)
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Zoo Miami zookeeper Jessica Klumb captures one of the zoo's flamingos for temporary relocation on the zoo's grounds in Miami on Thursday, April 17, 2014. The zoo plans a new entrance that will include a state-of-the-art home for the birds. (Patric Farrell/Miami Herald/MCT)
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