The Daily Beast - Orphan Gorilla Baby- September 26, 2012

Photos taken on September 15, 2012 and released on September 24 by the Virunga National Park shows a baby Grauer's gorilla poached from Kahuzi-Biega National Park in Democratic Republic of Congo, that was brought to Virunga National Park to stay at the lower enclosure of Senkwekwe Orphan Gorilla Center.

The baby named Isangi will stay for quarantined and then move to GRACE for orphan Grauer's gorillas.

Sleeping with a caretaker at the lower enclosure of Senkwekwe Orphan Gorilla Center.

The baby drinks from a bottle with the help of a caretaker.

The baby gorilla is weighed.

Sharing a moment with the caretaker.

Isangi, a poached 9-month-old Grauer's gorilla, will be quarantined for a month.

The Daily Beast - September 5, 2012

AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara

In this  Jan. 27, 2011 file photo, Gober, an elderly female Sumatran orangutan who is blind in both eyes due to cataracts, lies down with her twin babies at a rehabilitation center in Sibolangit, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Formerly blind Gober can see her baby twins for the first time after undergoing cataract surgery in the first such operation in Indonesia.

The Daily Beast - September 4, 2012

Students of the Universidade do Amazonas (Amazon University) measure a pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), a species of three-toed sloth that inhabits tropical rainforests in northern South America, at the Sauim Castanheira Wildlife Refuge in Manaus, July 24, 2012. The refuge takes in wild animals which are found injured or lost to treat them until recovery, a task they say has grown in importance as the city of Manaus, with 3.4 million inhabitants according to the latest census, expands and encroaches on the surrounding jungle.

REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

The Daily Beast - August 17, 2012

AFP PHOTO/PHIL MOOREPHIL MOORE/AFP/GettyImages

Patrick Karabaranga, a warden at the Virunga National Park, plays with an orphaned mountain gorilla in the gorilla sanctuary in the park headquarters at Rumangabo in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 17, 2012. The Virunga park is home to some 210 mountain gorillas, approximately a quarter of the world's population. The four orphans that live in the sanctuary are the only mountain gorillas in the world not living in the wild, having been brought here after their parents were killed by poachers or as a result of traffickers trying to smuggle them out of the park. "They play a critical part in the survival of the species" says Emmanuel De Merode, Director for Virunga National Park. He adds that the ICCN does not currently have access to the gorilla sector of the park due to the M23 rebellion.

The Daily Beast - July 07, 2012

AP Photo/Mark Thiessen

Elizabeth Davis from the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, left, and Dennis Christen of the Georgia Aquarium feed a bottle to a baby beluga calf being rehabilitated at the center. The whale was approximately two days old when it was found in Bristol Bay, Alaska, and separated from its mother. Staff from the Alaska SeaLife Center is receiving help with the whale's care from the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Shedd Aquarium in Chicago and SeaWord in San Diego.

The Daily Beast - June 15, 2012

AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe

Two baby elephants play during a regular bath at a river close to the Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Pinnawala, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 10, 2012. .

The Daily Beast - June 6, 2012

REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Visitors walk on a new elevated walkway as they pass by a rescued tiger at The Wild Animal Sanctuary on the prairie near Keenesburg, Colorado May 22, 2012. The 720 acre (291 hectares) sanctuary is a refuge for large carnivores such as tigers, bears and lions that have been seized from illegal or abusive cases around the world.

The Daily Beast - June 3, 2012

REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

A tired cygnet rests its head on the shoulder of veterinary assistant Melanie Nelson at the Swan Sanctuary in Shepperton, south west London May 25, 2012. The 5 acre (2 hectare) national waterfowl sanctuary lies on the site of an old gravel pit and consists of a hospital wing complete with operating theatre, a heated intensive care section and a recovery area with an exercise pond.

The Daily Beast - April 15, 2012

REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Dogs are seen in private animal shelter Sirius near the Yasnogorodka village 60 km (38 miles) northwest of Ukrainian capital Kiev April 11, 2012.