...but the habits remain the same.
Velga Vitola from Latvia found this bear abandoned in the forest and brought her to her shack in the thick woods of Ligatne National Park. The cub called Ilzite has grown up as a member of Vitola’s family and treats the woman as her mother.
A couple from Bloemfontein, South Africa, bought this cheetah cub at the auction. Today the big cat called Jolie is treated like the member of their family. She eats from the kitchen table, sleeps on the sofa and plays with the family's other pet, a German Shepherd called Franky.
"Saturday Night Fever" at the Arctic Circle!
A family of animal handlers from Vancouver keeps an 18-year-old grizzly bear cub Billy. The 113 kg (250 lb.) animal, whose favorite food is jam, swims in the backyard pool, plays on the carpet in the living room and even watches TV.
A 27-year-old horse had spent several hours trapped up to his neck in a muddy pond before his owner found him and called for help.
Hot pursuit and a boxing match - finding a mate for a hare is the task not for the faint-hearted.
In Africa photographers captured a dramatic moment of an impala narrowly escaping certain death…
A cat called Tiny was left in a box at an animal shelter in Canada. The cat was extremely fat – he weighed about 13.7 kg (30.2 lb). The veterinarians at the shelter prescribed the feline a special diet to fight his obesity...
Wildlife photographers sometimes go to great lengths to take an impressive picture.
This fascinating scene happened in Kenya when a herd of gazelles came to cross a river where hungry crocodiles were lurking. One of the gazelles did an incredible thing to escape the predators…
These guys are so overweight that they can barely move…
These pictures are hard to believe – a 31-year-old bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) Kanzi makes fire and cooks food as easily as an experienced camper.
Hippopotamuses at Shanghai Zoo have their teeth brushed three times a week – and the animals seem to enjoy that!
A new on Tumblr called “Dog Shaming” collects the pictures of bad dogs being shamed by posing with a sign that describes their wrongdoings. Here are some of the best pictures from it.
Former hunter and biologist Valentin Pazhetnov organized a Rescue and Rehabilitation Center for bear cubs in the village of Bubonitsy, Russia. The center shelters the cubs whose parents were killed by hunters during the hibernation and who could otherwise freeze or starve to death. As soon as little bears grow up enough they are returned to their natural environment.
Tourists were driving through Etosha National Park in Namibia when they saw a lioness that came to cross the road. The cars stopped and switched off the engines, but the large feline was not alone...
A guy saw a family of raccoons that couldn’t get out of the trash container…
Mother dog Amanda saved her four puppies from fire in Chile. The pups were just 10 days old, and the dog picked them up in her mouth and took them from the burning house to the fire truck. She stood by her kids all the time and didn’t let them out from her sight when the vets came to check them over.
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