Giant panda Yang Yang (L) and her cub Fu Hu (meaning lucky tiger) cuddle in their enclosure on Fu Hu's second birthday at the zoo in Vienna, August 23, 2012. The cub of pandas Yang Yang and Long Hui was born in the zoo on August 23, 2010. Fu Hu's parents were transferred from China to Schoenbrunn Zoo in 2003, and are on loan to Austria by China for a period of 10 years.
A newly-born marmoset is fed by a zoo keeper at the zoo in Eberswalde, Germany, July 25. A marmoset gave birth to three young on June 29. Since the mother could not feed the third one it is now being raised by hand.
In this handout image provided by Disney Parks, Kendi, a 13-year-old female white rhino tends to her new male calf at Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, May 7 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The yet-unnamed calf was born May 4. It is the ninth white rhino born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, with Kendi being the first.
SEPTEMBER 26 — A group of giant panda cubs napping at a nursery in the research base of the Giant Panda Breeding Centre in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province. China has launched its once-a-decade panda census, trying to determine how many of the endangered animals live in the wild amid efforts to boost numbers. The census -- the fourth since it was first launched in the 1970s -- is also expected to ascertain pandas' living conditions, ages and any change in habitat, and according to the count a decade ago, there are 1,596 pandas left in the wild in China, with 1,206 of them living in Sichuan.
A baby sable antelope licks its lips after feeding at the Berlin Zoo on November 2, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. After the mother of the one-month-old antelope stopped feeding it, zookeepers intervened and now feed the antelope milk from a bottle.
Polar bear Anori explores the open-air enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, western Germany, on June 6, 2012. Anori was born on January 4, 2012 and has the same father as world famous polar bear Knut, who died in 2011.
In this picture taken Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, Indian villagers move Buddu, a one and a half-year-old sloth bear at Juli Kisan's home in Lakhapada, 350 km (220 miles) from Bhubaneswar, India. The wild bear, which was rescued from the family by wildlife officials Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, wandered into the village while following a herd of goats and had lived with the family ever since.
Baby gorilla Kukena takes some of his first steps as he ventures out of his enclosure with his mother Salome at Bristol Zoo’s Gorilla Island on May 4 in Bristol, England. The seven-month-old western lowland gorilla is starting to find his feet as he learns to walk. The western lowland gorilla is a critically endangered species.
In this image released by the San Diego Zoo, the zoo’s 11-week-old giant panda cub took baby steps during an October 18 veterinary examination while zookeepers looked on. The male cub is the sixth giant panda born at the San Diego Zoo.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - NOVEMBER 15: Pike, a 30 year old Polar Bear plays in man made snow at the San Francisco Zoo on November 15, 2012 in San Francisco, California. Two San Francisco Zoo Polar Bears, Pike (30) and Ulu (32)celebrated their birthdays with 10 tons of man made snow and special treats.
Baby gorilla Kukena holds onto his mother Salome as he takes some of his first steps from his enclosure at Bristol Zoo’s Gorilla Island on May 4 in Bristol, England. The seven-month-old western lowland gorilla is starting to find his feet as he learns to walk. The western lowland gorilla is a critically endangered species.
A male baby Asian elephant, born only two days before, gets used to his wobbly legs while exploring his enclosure at Tierpark Berlin Zoo in Berlin, Germany, May 10.
A mother toque macaque, which is a kind of monkey from Ceylon, holds her male baby at Berlin Zoo on October 23 in Berlin, Germany. The baby monkey was born on August 23.
Baby Asian elephant Anchali stands in the elephant house next to her mother Pang Pha on August 15 in the Berlin Zoo in Berlin, Germany. Anchali was born on August 12 to Pang Pha and father Victor. Pang Pha was a gift to the Berlin Zoo in 1987 from the Thai government.
Bantu, a lion cub born in captivity two months ago, is seen at the zoo in Cali, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, October 25.
A newly-born marmoset sits on the hand of a zoo keeper at the zoo in Eberswalde, Germany, July 25. A marmoset gave birth to three young on June 29. Since the mother could not feed the third one it is now being raised by hand.
A male baby Barasingha deer enjoys the grooming by his mother at the swamp deer enclosure at the zoo in Berlin, Germany, August 7. The Barasingha is a deer species that is threatened to be extinct.
A male baby Barasingha deer enjoys the grooming by his mother at the swamp deer enclosure at the zoo in Berlin, August 7. The Barasingha is a deer species that is threatened to be extinct.
and provided by the Cincinnati Zoo, a baby giraffe stands next to it’s mother at the zoo. Zoo officials say they got more than 5,000 submissions as part of a contest to name the baby giraffe, born Oct. 12.
A picture taken on August 14, 2012 shows Yang Guang (Sunshine), a giant male panda, chewing on bamboo on his ninth birthday, his first on Scottish soil, at Zoo, in Edinburgh. Their numbers already threatened by a slow breeding rate and rapid habitat loss, China’s endangered giant pandas now also risk losing their staple food, bamboo, to climate change.
A young hedgehog scuttles through leaves in Berlin, Germany, October 1. Young hedgehogs weighing less than 250 grams are raised by hand.
Two young red pandas, born in June, peer out of their litter box on October 19 at the Opelzoo near Kronberg, Germany. In the wild, the endangered species is endemic to the temperate forests of the Himalaya and southwestern China.
Tilly, an orphaned baby wallaby, relaxes inside a rucksack at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Dunstable, England, April 30. Tilly is being hand-reared by keepers at the zoo, using a rucksack and blanket as a substitute marsupium until she can become more self-sufficient after being found out of her mother’s pouch one month ago.
Colin the Red Ruffed Lemur plays with a carved pumpkin at Bristol Zoo, Bristol, England Thursday Oct. 25, 2012. (
In this Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society, a meerkat attempts to crawl inside a carved out pumpkin to get at some tasty meal worms at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. During the fall season, many of the zoos other animals receive pumpkins also. Zoo guests can see some of the animals receiving pumpkins during the annual Boo! at the Zoo celebration this coming weekend, Oct. 27-28. (AP Photo/Chicago Zoological Society, Jim Schulz)
A baby panther clings to a tree while being presented to the media with its sibling at Tierpark Berlin Zoo on July 13 in Berlin, Germany. The two panthers were born in captivity on April 26.