5 January 2017: A six-month-old baby elephant named Clear Sky is kept afloat with the help of a harness during a hydrotherapy session at a veterinary clinic in Chonburi Province, Thailand. After losing part of her left foot in a snare, Clear Sky is learning to walk again – in water. The goal is to strengthen the withered muscles in her front leg, which was wounded three months previously in an animal trap laid by villagers to protect their cropsRoberto Schmidt/AFP12 January 2017: A male polar bear cub has his first medical examination at Tierpark Berlin. The unnamed cub was born on 3 November 2016 and weighs 4.6 kgTierpark Berlin/Reuters16 January 2017: An elk stag eats corn on a snow-covered field in the village of Dumnice in Kosovo, as an extreme cold snap continues to grip much of EuropeArmend Nimani/AFP22 January 2017: A baby giant panda plays at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, Sichuan province, ChinaReuters23 January 2017: Polar bears, Felix (R), 10, and Aurora, 7, play in the snow inside their enclosure at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, RussiaIlya Naymushin/Reuters23 January 2017: Italian firefighters hold puppies rescued from the Hotel Rigopiano in Farindola, central Italy, hit by an avalancheVigili del Fuco/Reuters24 January 2017: A husky pulls a rig during practice for the Aviemore Sled Dog Rally in Feshiebridge, ScotlandRussell Cheyne/Reuters25 January 2017: A baby elephant nicknamed 'Maeuschen' (little mouse) stands next to her mother Manari as she explores her enclosure at the zoo in Hanover, northern GermanyHolger Hollemann/AFP31 January 2017: Pooh, a one-year-old cat, who lost his hind legs in an accident and has been given bionic paws, plays with a toy in a vet clinic in Sofia, BulgariaNikolay Douchinov/AFP31 January 2017: A 45-day-old Bengal tiger cub plays in its enclosure at the Wild Shelter Foundation in Jayaque, 40 kilometres west of San SalvadorMarvin Recinos/AFP
2 February 2017: Giant Panda Yang Yang looks at a snowman in her enclosure at Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna, AustriaHeinz-Peter Bader/Reuters7 February 2017: A dog named Doggie wears a sign that says 'Resist' while her owner participates in a protest against US President Donald Trump's executive order imposing a temporary immigration ban on seven Muslim-majority nations, outside a federal appeals court in San FranciscoElijah Nouvelage/Getty Images8 February 2017: Nimba, a five-month-old baby female pygmy hippopotamus swims in the enclosure at Bioparc Fuengirola in Fuengirola, near Malaga, southern SpainJon Nazca/Reuters11 February 2017: A sea otter swims with a heart-shaped block of ice at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise amusement park in Yokohama, ahead of Valentine's DayKazuhiro Nogi/AFP14 February 2017: Young alpacas Romeo and Juliette, walk inside their open air enclosure at the Roev Ruchey Zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, after they "were married" on Valentine's DayIlya Naymushin/Reuters14 February 2017: A Neapolitan Mastiff with Rachel Hosking is seen in the benching area during day two of competition at the Westminster Kennel Club 141st Annual Dog Show in New YorkTimothy A. Clary/AFP16 February 2017: Gorilla mother Kibara holds her baby Kianga at their enclosure in the Pongoland department of the zoo in Leipzig, eastern GermanyHendrik Schmidt/AFP24 February 2017: A 14-week-old polar bear plays at the Hellabrunn zoo in the southern German city of MunichGuenther Schiffmann/AFP10 March 2017: A Maltese yawns during the second day of the Crufts Dog Show in BirminghamDarren Staples/Reuters11 March 2017: A seagull holds a cigarette butt in its beak near the Forum in RomeTiziana Fabi/AFP23 March 2017: A four month old polar bear shakes off water at the Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, southern GermanyChristof Stache/AFP30 March 2017: A chimpanzee has a cold drink as it is sprayed with water on a hot day at Dusit zoo in Bangkok, ThailandChaiwat Subprasom/Reuters30 March 2017: George Lewys, age 5, poses with two Forest Giant Owl butterflies (Caligo eurilochus) at the Natural History Museum's Butterfly HouseJack Taylor/Getty Images1 April 2017: A rabbit jumps over an obstacle during a rabbit track and field competition in Kromeriz, Czech RepublicRadek Mica/AFP4 April 2017: A man carries his pet cat as he walks under the cherry blossoms at Tongji University in ShanghaiAly Song/Reuters11 April 2017: Prince Philip watches as Queen Elizabeth II feeds an elephant named 'Donna' after opening the new Centre for Elephant Care at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Whipsnade, north of LondonBen Stansall/AFP18 April 2017: A slow loris is carried by staff of Beijing Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Centre in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, ChinaReuters22 April 2017: Racka sheep are seen during celebrations for the start of the new grazing season in the Great Hungarian Plain in Hortobagy, HungaryLaszlo Balogh/Reuters24 April 2017: Aurora, a seven-year-old female polar bear, jumps into a swimming pool which was recently filled with water after the winter season, at the Royev Ruchey zoo in a suburb of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, RussiaIlya Naymushin/Reuters26 April 2017: A hippopotamus is sprayed with water on a hot summer day at Anna National Zoological Park in Chennai, IndiaArun Sankar/AFP26 April 2017: Four white tiger cubs are presented at the zoo Kernhof in St Aegyd am Neuenwalde, AustriaHerbert Pfarrhofer/AFP29 April 2017: A rare five-year-old female albino orangutan is seen after it was rescued from captivity by authorities in Kapuas Hulu district, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia, in this photo released by the wildlife conservation group Borneo Orangutan Survival FoundationBOSF/Indrayana/Reuters10 May 2017: A baby Sumatran elephant plays with a mahout from the Trumon Conservation Response Unit at the Leuser Ecosystem wildlife reservation area in south Aceh district, IndonesiaChaideer Mahyuddin/AFP12 May 2017: One-day-old baby giraffe Gus looks at the camera at Noah's Ark farm in Bristol, EnglandMatt Cardy/Getty Images16 May 2017: Newborn white Siberian tiger cubs are presented to the media at San Jorge zoo in Ciudad Juarez, MexicoJose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters19 May 2017: A monkey leaps into a pond on a hot day in Allahabad, IndiaSanjay Kanojia/AFP1 June 2017: A girl watches as Saen Dao, an eight-year-old female Asian elephant, and her mahout perform underwater during a show at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi, south of BangkokRoberto Schmidt/AFP14 June 2017: A dog feeds four newborn tiger cubs and a puppy at Xixiakou Wild Animal Protection Zone in Rongcheng, Shandong province, ChinaReuters23 June 2017: Josie, a Chinese Crested, waits to compete in the World's Ugliest Dog Competition in Petaluma, CaliforniaJosh Edelson/AFP25 June: Emergency workers transport a rescue dog across a river at the site of a landslide in the village of Xinmo, Mao County, Sichuan Province, ChinaAn Yuan/Reuters27 June 2017: Meerkats eat frozen watermelon to cool off at the Bioparco zoo in Rome, during a heat waveTiziana Fabi/AFP27 June 2017: A tiny baby sparrow is fed at a hospital for wild birds at Hortobagy National Park, HungaryLaszlo Balogh/Reuters10 July 2017: A researcher holds one of the newborn twin panda cubs which are the first pandas born at Shenshuping Panda Base in Wolong, Sichuan province, ChinaReuters19 July 2017: A squirrel monkey rests on a tree branch on a hot day at a zoo in Zhengzhou, Henan province, ChinaReuters19 July 2017: A two-month-old unnamed male baby elephant chases a bird at the Africam Safari Zoo in Puebla, MexicoEdgard Garrido/Reuters24 July 2017: A polar bear swims in a pool at the Moscow Zoo in the village of SychevoMaxim Zmeyev/AFP26 July 2017: Ice, a female North American cougar, licks her one-month-old cub, at the Royev Ruchey zoo in a suburb of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, RussiaIlya Naymushin/Reuters27 July 2017: A monkey sitting on consecrated idols of snakes drinks milk offered by a devotee during the Hindu festival of Nag Panchami at a temple on the outskirts of BangaloreAbhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters31 July 2017: A rare white moose is seen in Gunnarskog, Varmland, SwedenTT News Agency/Tommy Pedersen/Reuters2 August 2017: A two-month-old snow leopard is seen during one of its first outings at the zoo in Mulhouse, eastern FranceSebastien Bozon/AFP4 August 2017: A veterinarian holds one of the twin cubs born to giant panda Huan Huan in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, FranceGuillaume Sauvant/AFP7 August 2017: A snow leopard (Panthera uncia) rests at a centre run by NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) near Issyk Kul lake, on the outskirts of Semenovka, some 330 kilometres southeast of Bishkek, the capital of KyrgyzstanVyacheslav Oseledko/AFP8 August 2017: A giant panda named Xing Ya flips over his birthday ice cake made for his fourth birthday at the Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen, the NetherlandsMichael Kooren/Reuters12 August 2017: An employee of the Brave Heart private horse club plays with orphaned brown bear cubs who temporarily live there, after their mother has been found killed by poachers in Taiga forest, in a suburb of Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, RussiaIlya Naymushin/Reuters14 August 2017: Pigs are herded off a platform into water during their daily exercise at a pig farm in Shenyang, Liaoning province, ChinaReuters17 August 2017: A baby flamingo named Squish struts in its booties, made by keepers to protect its feet from the hot concrete ground, at the Jurong Bird Park in SingaporeNatasha Howitt/Reuters24 August 2017: Mjukuu and her baby Alika check out a measuring device in their enclosure during a photocall at London ZooChris J Ratcliffe/AFP27 August 2017: Naomi Coto carries her dog Simba on her shoulders as they evacuate their home in Houston after the area was flooded by huge volumes of rain brought by Hurricane HarveyJoe Raedle/Getty Images28 August 2017: Giant panda Huan Huan holds her cub at the Beauval Zoo in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, France. She gave birth to twins on 4 August, but one died soon afterwardsGuillaume Sauvant/AFP30 August 2017: Joshua Lopez, 9, holds his puppy, Cali, at College Park High School in The Woodlands, Texas, which was set up as a temporary shelter for Hurricane Harvey evacueesMandel Ngan/AFP30 August 2017: Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) staff back away from a black rhino calf that appeared to wake up from a sedative as it was being tagged to ease quick identification during anti-poaching patrols at the Nairobi National ParkTony Karumba/AFP6 September 2017: Mbeli, a Western Lowland Gorilla at Sydney's Taronga Zoo in Australia, nurses her yet-to-be-named infant which was born five days earlierTaronga Zoo/Rick Stevens/Reuters10 September 2017: A member of the Mexican Navy poses with a specially trained rescue dog after an earthquake struck Juchitan de ZaragozaEdgard Garrido/Reuters13 September 2017: Two baby Sumatran orangutans, rescued by border officials who foiled a bid to smuggle them into Thailand, play after arriving at a wildlife centre at Ratchaburi province in ThailandKerek Wongsa/Reuters23 September 2017: A dog competes in the Best Dressed Dachshund Costume Competition during the annual Teckelrennen Hophaus Dachshund Race in Melbourne, Australia. The annual 'running of the Wieners' is held to celebrate OktoberfestScott Barbour/Getty Images13 October 2017: Maya, a six-month-old female raccoon, plays at the Roev Ruchey Zoo in a suburb of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, RussiaIlya Naymushin/Reuters13 October 2017: Panda keepers display cubs to the public at the Bifengxia Base of China Conservation and Research Centre of the Giant Panda in Yaan in China's southwestern Sichuan provinceAFP18 October 2017: Anfisa, a 12-year-old female chimpanzee, picks her nose at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in a suburb of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, RussiaIlya Naymushin/Reuters19 October 2017: A baby orangutan eats a fruit at the Singapore ZooEdgar Su/Reuters19 October 2017: Olivia, a 25-day-old spider monkey who fell a couple of metres and whose mother wouldn't let anyone near her when she was found unconscious, receives assistance at a clinic at the zoo in Cali, ColombiaLuis Robayo/AFP21 October 2017: A dog dressed as Oscar the Grouch takes part in the annual Halloween dog parade at Manhattan's Tompkins Square Park in New YorkLucas Jackson/Reuters27 October 2017: A red deer stag walks through bracken at sunrise during the rutting season in Richmond Park, LondonDan Kitwood/Getty Images23 November 2017: An endangered Ural owl (strix uralensis) appears to wink at the camera as it perches on a tree branch in Minsk, BelarusVasily Fedosenko/Reuters26 November 2017: A dog awaits judging during the Zagreb Winter Classic dog show in Zagreb, CroatiaAntonio Bronic/Reuters28 November 2017: An army dog stands up as retiring soldiers salute at their guard post in Suqian, Jiangsu province, ChinaReuters29 November 2017: A female giant panda named Mu Yun sits in a bucket at the China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda in Chengdu, Sichuan ProvinceVCG/VCG via Getty Images30 November 2017: Yarna the black Labrador prepares to present the Queen with a bouquet of flowers at the headquarters of Canine Partners in Midhurst, West SussexRichard Pohle1 December 2017: A red deer stag visits a car park near Glen Coe in the Highlands of,ScotlandJeff J Mitchell/Getty Images4 December 2017: Yissel Mendoza feeds her pig Balu at her home in Ciudad Juarez, MexicoJose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters4 December 2017: A four-month-old male baby panda cub is seen inside his enclosure during his naming ceremony at the Beauval zoo in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, central France. He was named Yuan Meng, which means 'Fulfilment of a dream'Benoit Tessier/Reuters6 December 2017: Timea Korozs plays with her Komondor, a traditional Hungarian guard dog, in Bodony, HungaryLaszlo Balogh/Reuters8 December 2017: A dog plays in the snow on the slopes around Stormont in Belfast, Northern IrelandCharles McQuillan/Getty Images11 December 2017: A Rottweiler jumps to catch a snowball in Godewaersvelde in northern FrancePhilippe Huguen/AFP13 December 2017: A squirrel tries to steal a cigarette from Tony Bousell, on a break from work near the Southbank in LondonClodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters14 December 2017: Squirrel monkeys at London Zoo look for treats inside a Christmas stockingClodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters18 December 2017: One-month-old baby panda Xiang Xiang eats bamboo ahead of her public debut at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo, JapanYoshikazu Tsuno/Reuters
