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Gorilla mother Gana carries her dead baby on her back while ...

(AP) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:42:03 GMT

(AP) - Gorilla mother Gana carries her dead baby on her back while holding the living baby of her fellow gorilla Changa at the zoo in Muenster, western Germany, Wednesday Aug. 20,2008. The baby of Gana died on Aug. 16, but can only be recovered from the enclosure once the mother leaves the corpse behind, zoo spokesperson Ilona Zuehlke said. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Gana the gorilla carries her dead baby on her shoulder at the ...

(AP) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:25:30 GMT

(AP) - Gana the gorilla carries her dead baby on her shoulder at the zoo in Muenster, western Germany, Wednesday Aug. 20,2008. The baby died on Aug. 16 but can only be recovered from the enclosure once the mother leaves the corpse behind, zoo spokesperson Ilona Zuehlke said. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Gana the gorilla carries her dead baby at the zoo in Muenster, ...

(AP) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:24:47 GMT

(AP) - Gana the gorilla carries her dead baby at the zoo in Muenster, western Germany, Wednesday Aug. 20,2008. The baby died on Aug. 16 but can only be recovered from the enclosure once the mother leaves the corpse behind, zoo spokesperson Ilona Zuehlke said. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Gorilla mother Gana carries her dead baby at the zoo in Muenster, ...

(AP) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:11:41 GMT

(AP) - Gorilla mother Gana carries her dead baby at the zoo in Muenster, western Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. The baby died on Aug. 16, but can only be recovered from the enclosure once the mourning mother leaves the corpse behind, zoo spokesperson Ilona Zuehlke said. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

A giraffe takes care of its four-day-old calf at a zoo in Warsaw ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:59:18 GMT

(Reuters) - A giraffe takes care of its four-day-old calf at a zoo in Warsaw August 19, 2008. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (POLAND)

A giraffe takes care of its four-day-old calf at a zoo in Warsaw ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:58:58 GMT

(Reuters) - A giraffe takes care of its four-day-old calf at a zoo in Warsaw August 19, 2008. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (POLAND)

Zoo visitors watch Arava, a disabled turtle, with a custom skateboard ...

(AP) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:09:57 GMT

(AP) - Zoo visitors watch Arava, a disabled turtle, with a custom skateboard attached to her shell that helps her move, at the Biblical zoo in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2008. Arava the disabled turtle is using her new set of wheels to get around in more ways than one. Officials at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo say the ten-year-old spurred tortoise has begun mating since being fitted with a custom skateboard to overcome paralysis of her hind legs. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

Ten-year-old African Spurred Tortoise "Arava" is seen ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:07:12 GMT

(Reuters) - Ten-year-old African Spurred Tortoise "Arava" is seen at Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo August 18, 2008. Arava is paralysed in her back legs and is unable to walk. It is not known how the tortoise got paralysed. After veterinarians were unable to restore the use of her legs, they attached wheels to help her manoeuvre. According to Shmulik Yedvav, a zoological curator at the zoo, everyday for a few hours, Arava is attached to the wheels, and is moving in the enclosure in an almost normal way. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM)

Ten-year-old African Spurred Tortoise "Arava" (L) ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:04:34 GMT

(Reuters) - Ten-year-old African Spurred Tortoise "Arava" (L) is seen at Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo August 18, 2008. Arava is paralysed in her back legs and is unable to walk. It is not known how the tortoise got paralysed. After veterinarians were unable to restore the use of her legs, they attached wheels to help her manoeuvre. According to Shmulik Yedvav, a zoological curator at the zoo, everyday for a few hours, Arava is attached to the wheels, and is moving in the enclosure in an almost normal way. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM)

Arava, a disabled tortoise, right, crawls inside an enclosure ...

(AP) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:11:00 GMT

(AP) - Arava, a disabled tortoise, right, crawls inside an enclosure with a custom skateboard attached to her shell that helps her move around, at the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2008. Arava the disabled turtle is using her new set of wheels to get around in more ways than one. Officials at the zoo say the ten-year-old spurred tortoise has begun mating since being fitted with a custom skateboard to overcome paralysis of her hind legs. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

Arava, a disabled tortoise, onto which keepers have fitted a ...

(AP) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:07:36 GMT

(AP) - Arava, a disabled tortoise, onto which keepers have fitted a metal board with two wheels attached to her shell that help her move around, is seen at the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2008. Arava the disabled turtle is using her new set of wheels to get around in more ways than one. Officials at the zoo say the ten-year-old spurred tortoise has begun mating since being fitted with a custom skateboard to overcome paralysis of her hind legs. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

Arava, a disabled tortoise, is held up by zoo keeper to display ...

(AP) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:03:34 GMT

(AP) - Arava, a disabled tortoise, is held up by zoo keeper to display a metal board with two wheels attached to her shell that helps her move around, at the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2008. Arava the disabled turtle is using her new set of wheels to get around in more ways than one. Officials at the zoo say the ten-year-old spurred tortoise has begun mating since being fitted with a custom skateboard to overcome paralysis of her hind legs. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

A toucan is seen at the Noel Kempff Mercado Zoo in Santa Cruz, ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:24:48 GMT

(Reuters) - A toucan is seen at the Noel Kempff Mercado Zoo in Santa Cruz, August 17, 2008. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA)

A green iguana is seen at the Noel Kempff Mercado Zoo in Santa ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:21:09 GMT

(Reuters) - A green iguana is seen at the Noel Kempff Mercado Zoo in Santa Cruz, August 17, 2008. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA)

Agouti dasyprocta (Jochi colorado) are seen at the Noel Kempff ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:19:07 GMT

(Reuters) - Agouti dasyprocta (Jochi colorado) are seen at the Noel Kempff Mercado Zoo in Santa Cruz, August 17, 2008. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA)

A Pecari tajacu with babies are seen at the Noel Kempff Mercado ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:14:07 GMT

(Reuters) - A Pecari tajacu with babies are seen at the Noel Kempff Mercado Zoo in Santa Cruz, August 17, 2008. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA)

A Royal Bengal Tiger is pictured inside its enclosure at Alipore ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:43:22 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Royal Bengal Tiger is pictured inside its enclosure at Alipore zoo in Kolkata in June 2008. India on Saturday offered money to villagers to vacate wildlife reserves in a bid to save the country's tigers from extinction, officials said.(AFP/File/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)

In this June 3, 2008 file photo, Western lowland gorilla, Hercules, ...

(AP) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:50:36 GMT

(AP) - In this June 3, 2008 file photo, Western lowland gorilla, Hercules, lounges as he looks over visitors at the Dallas Zoo in Dallas, Va., Tuesday, June 3, 2008. The Western lowland silverback died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, after a medical procedure for spinal disease. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

In this Tuesday, June 3, 2008 picture, western lowland gorilla, ...

(AP) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:46:43 GMT

(AP) - In this Tuesday, June 3, 2008 picture, western lowland gorilla, Hercules, looks at visitors as he lounges at the Dallas Zoo in Dallas, Texas. Zoo officials said Hercules died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008 after a medical procedure for spinal disease. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

In this Tuesday, June 3, 2008 picture, western lowland gorilla, ...

(AP) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:45:39 GMT

(AP) - In this Tuesday, June 3, 2008 picture, western lowland gorilla, Hercules, looks a visitor as he lounges at the Dallas Zoo in Dallas, Texas. Zoo officials said Hercules died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008 after a medical procedure for spinal disease. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

In this Tuesday, June 3, 2008 picture, western lowland gorilla, ...

(AP) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:44:00 GMT

Timber Rose, 3, enjoys her visit to the petting zoo while at ...

(AP) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:26:00 GMT

(AP) - Timber Rose, 3, enjoys her visit to the petting zoo while at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Ill., Friday Aug.15, 2008. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Young gorilla Frank, right, is held by Lester Fisher, former ...

(AP) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:28:15 GMT

(AP) - Young gorilla Frank, right, is held by Lester Fisher, former director of thel Lincoln Park Zoo, in an undated handout photo released released by the Louisville Zoo Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. Gorilla Debbie, left, is held by Lincoln Park Zoo volunteer Jean Hachmeister. Frank, age 44, died Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008 at the Louisville Zoo officials said. Frank lived most of his life at Chicago�s Lincoln Park Zoo, but transferred to the Louisville Zoo in 2002. (AP Photo/via Louisville Zoo)

Frank, a 44-year-old geriatric male silverback western lowland ...

(AP) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:27:54 GMT

(AP) - Frank, a 44-year-old geriatric male silverback western lowland gorilla, is seen in this undated handout photo released by the Louisville Zoo Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. Frank died Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008, zoo officials said. Frank lived most of his life at Chicago�s Lincoln Park Zoo, but transferred to the Louisville Zoo in 2002. (AP Photo/via Louisville Zoo)

King penguin Nils Olav receives a Knighthood from the Norwegian ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:16:47 GMT

(Reuters) - King penguin Nils Olav receives a Knighthood from the Norwegian King's Guard during a ceremony at Edinburgh zoo , Scotland August 15, 2008. Edinburgh Zoo penguin Olav has been an honorary member and mascot of the Norwegian King's Guard since the 1980s and was made Honorary Colonel-in-Chief in 2005. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN)

King penguin Nils Olav walks past soldiers from the Norwegian ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:44:47 GMT

(Reuters) - King penguin Nils Olav walks past soldiers from the Norwegian King's Guard after he was given a Knighthood at Edinburgh zoo , Scotland August 15, 2008. Edinburgh Zoo penguin Olav has been an honorary member and mascot of the Norwegian King's Guard since the 1980s and was made Honorary Colonel-in-Chief in 2005. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN)

King penguin Nils Olav walks past soldiers from the Norwegian ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:05:21 GMT

(Reuters) - King penguin Nils Olav walks past soldiers from the Norwegian King's Guard after he was given a Knighthood at Edinburgh Zoo August 15, 2008. Edinburgh Zoo penguin Olav has been an honorary member and mascot of the Norwegian King's Guard since the 1980s and was made Honorary Colonel-in-Chief in 2005. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN)

Tourists photograph King penguin Nils Olav as he walks past ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:38:43 GMT

(Reuters) - Tourists photograph King penguin Nils Olav as he walks past soldiers from the Norwegian King's Guard after he received a Knighthood at Edinburgh Zoo August 15, 2008. Edinburgh Zoo penguin Olav has been an honorary member and mascot of the Norwegian King's Guard since the 1980s and was made Honorary Colonel-in-Chief in 2005. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN)

Nils Olav, an Edinburgh Zoo penguin and Colonel-in-Chief of ...

(AP) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:31:24 GMT

(AP) - Nils Olav, an Edinburgh Zoo penguin and Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King's Guard, an elite unit tasked with protecting the Norwegian royal family, inspects soldiers of his regiment as they visit him in Edinburgh, Scotland, Friday Aug. 15, 2008, where he was presented with a medal. The original Nils Olav first became an honorary member of the regiment in 1972, when a young lieutenant called Nils Egelien visited the penguins at the zoo, but died in the 1980s, and was replaced by the current Nils Olav.(AP Photo/David Cheskin-pa)

Nils Olav, an Edinburgh Zoo penguin and Colonel-in-Chief of ...

(AP) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:30:31 GMT

Two kangaroos fight at Hanover Zoo, Hanover, northern Germany, ...

(AP) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:20:09 GMT

(AP) - Two kangaroos fight at Hanover Zoo, Hanover, northern Germany, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Axel Heimken)

A De Brazza's Monkey infant cradles its mother in Tierpark zoo, ...

(AP) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:16:20 GMT

(AP) - A De Brazza's Monkey infant cradles its mother in Tierpark zoo, Berlin, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. The little monkey of still unknown gender was born on June 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns)

A De Brazza's Monkey infant is seen with its mother in Tierpark ...

(AP) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:15:06 GMT

(AP) - A De Brazza's Monkey infant is seen with its mother in Tierpark Zoo, in Berlin, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. The little monkey of still unknown gender was born on June 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns)

Coati 'Diego' climbs up a bamboo bar in front of a picture of ...

(AP) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:11:51 GMT

(AP) - Coati 'Diego' climbs up a bamboo bar in front of a picture of the Olympic Flame while his keeper Angela Kruth holds the bar in the Hanover Zoo, Hanover, northern Germany on Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Axel Heimken)

Hippopotamus 'Habari' is seen under water in Hanover Zoo, Hanover, ...

(AP) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:08:28 GMT

(AP) - Hippopotamus 'Habari' is seen under water in Hanover Zoo, Hanover, northern Germany on Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Axel Heimken)

Sea Lion 'Emma' jumps through a hoop, at Hanover Zoo, Hanover, ...

(AP) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:06:06 GMT

(AP) - Sea Lion 'Emma' jumps through a hoop, at Hanover Zoo, Hanover, northern Germany, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Axel Heimken)