Animal pictures of the week: 31 July 2009

Animal pictures of the week: 31 July 2009


Saia the leopard tries to pick up her unnamed cub in the zoo of Hanover, northern Germany
Picture: GETTY


...Saia gave birth to two leopard cubs on, May 31, 2009, weighing 500 grams (about a pound) each
Picture: GETTY


Brave trainer Zhang Chunyan plays with a white tiger in Northern Forest Zoo, Harbin, China
Picture: WENN


A meerkat enjoys a rare sunbathe, at the Marwell Wildlife Conservation Park, in Hampshire, Britain
Picture: REX FEATURES


Tapan the two day old Bengal tiger cub at Noahs Ark Zoo, Bristol, which has been rejected by its mum and is being raised by staff
Picture: SWNS.COM


An extremely rare albino wallaby born into captivity is pictured at a private zoo in Ayios Georgios, Cyprus
Picture: EPA


A rare baby tapir stays close to its mother in front of the public. The 12kg youngster, who has not been named yet, was born at Marwell Wildlife park, Hampshire.
Picture: SOLENT NEWS


Polar bears play in the water in their enclosure on a sunny day at Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna
Picture: REUTERS


Knut, the world's most famous polar bear, plays with an unidentified object as he swims in his enclosure at the zoo in Berlin
Picture: GETTY


Since meeting a week ago, five week-old Anastasia, a Siberian eagle owl crossed with a Turkmanian eagle owl, and four week-old fluffy white barn owl, Pudge, have become inseparable at Silverwings Falconry at Haytor, Devon
Picture: APEX NEWSPIX


Martin Davison from the Forestry Commission shows-off the osprey chicks after ringing them before returning them to their secret nest in the Kielder Forest, Northumberland
Picture: PA