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Deer are seen during their rutting season in the Studley Royal park near Ripon, northern England October 16, 2010. The Deer Park at Studley Royal dates from medieval times and is now home to 500 wild deer, of which there are three breeds of Red, Fallow and Sika. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis
A baby monkey named Miwa hangs on to a baby boar named Uribo while they run around in the Fukuchiyama City Zoo, Kyoto Prefecture on October 19, 2010. Both have been sheltered by the zoo since June after becoming motherless. KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images
Bedlington Terriers, Player, Dice and Nora (left to right) take part in the second annual "Meet the Breeds" showcase of cats and dogs at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on October 17, 2010 in New York City. "Meet the Breeds" is hosted by The American Kennel Club and Cat Fanciers Association, and 160 dog breeds and 41 cat breeds were presented this year. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
A flock of migrating cranes flies in front of the moon in Linum near Berlin on October 13, 2010.
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Models displays creations during the Alternative Hair Show at the Grand Temple, Freemason's Hall in central London October 17, 2010. REUTERS PHOTOS/Andrew Winning
A giraffe calf, Machaleo, which is one month old, makes his debut with his mother, Shani, at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park October 13, 2010. REUTERS/Ken Bohn
Toronto Star Picture Editor Wanda Goodwin shares these delightful images of Kevin Richardson a.k.a "The Lion Whisperer." A new film opening soon in The United States about a rare white lion who escapes becoming a trophy on a wall, is a rare happy ending in a country where more than 1,000 lions are killed legally each year. Kevin Richardson, the man behind the movie, calls himself an "ambassador of lions" and hopes the film will act as one too at a time when foreign tourists are willing to pay up to $40,000 to shoot a big cat.
Kevin Richardson, a.k.a. the Lion Whisperer lays with two of his lions on October 11, 2010, in their enclosure at the Kingdom of the White Lion park in Broederstroom, South Africa. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
Kevin Richardson sprays his lions with water and citronella in their enclosure. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
Kevin Richardson wrestles playfully with a lioness. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
Kevin Richardson shows the size of a lion's tongue. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
Kevin Richardson snuggles a lioness to his chest. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
A new male calf nudges up to his mother, Imara, a 13-year-old rare eastern black rhinoceros, at the Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls, S.D. on October 13, 2010. According to Elizabeth Whealy, zoo president and chief executive, this latest birth on Oct. 7, 2010 is important to the survival of the world's eastern black rhino population, a critically endangered species. There are fewer than 4,000 surviving in the wild. (AP Photo/Argus Leader, Elisha Page)
Snake handler Faizal Ahmad plays with his radiated rat snake during a snake show at the National Museum in Kuala Lumpur October 6, 2010. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad
Female Orang-Utan Zora plays with a pumpkin, in which other food was hidden on October 7, 2010 at the zoo in Hanover, northern Germany. AFP PHOTO / JOCHEN LUEBKE
