04/11/2013

The Daily Beast - April 11, 2013

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The new red panda at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium munches on food in the new exhibit on April 4, 2013, in Pittsburgh. This panda is native to the mountains of Nepal, Myanmar, and central China. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

04/10/2013

The Daily Beast - April 10, 2013

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Aluna, a baby Dik-dik, walks across a computer keyboard in the office of Tim Rowlands, curator of mammals at Chester Zoo, in northern England March 12, 2013. The miniature antelope which is only 8 inches tall (20 cm) is being hand reared by the zoo after failing to bond with its mother. REUTERS/Phil Noble

04/09/2013

The Daily Beast - April 9, 2013

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Valentina, a two-month old puma cub, bites the nose of a carer at the Attica Zoological Park in Athens, April 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

04/08/2013

The Daily Beast - April 8, 2013

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A giant river otter, the world's largest otter species, looks out of its enclosure at the newly completed River Safari on Monday March 25, 2013 in Singapore. The River Safari, the Wildlife Reserves Singapore's latest attraction, will showcase 5000 animal specimens representing 300 animal species from freshwater habitats inspired by eight of the world's iconic rivers including the Mississippi, Nile, Mekong, Yangtze and Amazon Rivers and will open its doors to the public in April this year. (Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

04/07/2013

The Daily Beast - Here Kitty Kitty - Highlights from the Bucharest Cat Show

Here are a few of the cats entered in the annual Bucharest Cat show, featuring some of the more rare and interesting felines like the Canadian Sphynx cat. 

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A Canadian Sphynx cat waits for its turn to be evaluated by a judge during an international feline beauty competition in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 6, 2013.

 

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A British Shorthair kitten plays with a toy mouse during an international feline beauty competition in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 6, 2013.

 

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A Sphynx cat climbs on its owner during an international feline beauty competition in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 6, 2013.

 

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A Norwegian forest cat is held by its owner during an international feline beauty competition in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 6, 2013.

 

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A Sphynx cat waits to be evaluated by a judge during an international feline beauty competition in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 6, 2013.

 

 

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Colorado, the Russian Blue cat is seen during an international feline beauty competition in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 6, 2013.

 

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A Sphynx cat rests in a judges arms during an international feline beauty competition in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 6, 2013.

 

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A Sphynx cat rubs chins with its owner during an international feline beauty competition in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 6, 2013.

 

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A Canadian Sphynx cat is not amused by a judge's toy during an international feline beauty competition in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 6, 2013.

 

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A Ragdoll cat is held by its  its owner during an international feline beauty competition in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 6, 2013.

 

The Daily Beast - April 7, 2013

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Four Easter lambs eat grass on a field of the farm Bloem in Ihlow, western Germany, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. The little lambs were born two weeks ago. (Ingo Wagner/dpa/AP Photo)

04/06/2013

The Daily Beast - April 6, 2013

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A toucan flies at Zoomadrid in Madrid on March 28, 2013. (Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images

04/05/2013

The Daily Beast - April 5, 2013

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A young koala sits on the back of a toy koala while being weighed in the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, on March 27, 2013. The young animal is one of two baby koalas, that were born in the zoo six months ago. (Marius Becker/AFP/Getty Images)

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A young koala sits on the back of its mother in their enclosure at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, on March 27, 2013. The young animal is one of two baby koalas, that were born in the zoo six months ago. (Marius Becker/AFP/Getty Images)

04/04/2013

The Daily Beast - Shake Shake Shake!

Check out these hilarious portraits of dogs shaking water off taken by Portland Oregon photographer and animal lover Carli Davidson for her upcoming book SHAKE, due to be published on October 29th 2013 by HarperCollins.

 

See more of Carlie's photos on her Facebook page.

 


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The Daily Beast - April 4, 2013

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A young Malayan tapir walks in its enclosure in the zoo in Leipzig, eastern Germany, on March 27, 2013. The young tapir that was born in February 2013 was named 'Baru'. (Jan Woitasjan/AFP/Getty Images)