A fox cub that was hit by a car has become best friends with a litter of abandoned kittens at Kent Wildlife Rescue Centre, Sheerness. Picture: M & Y Media
Max Cooper, 5, riding a Shetland pony named Truffles, meets a Shire horse named Jake, to promote Only Paws and Horses, a horse and dog show at The Hop Farm near Paddock Wood, Kent, on 26 and 27 May. Picture: The Hop Farm
Barn owl chicks sit in a box in Israel’s Beit Shean Valley, near the border with Jordan. The chicks are the product of a joint Israeli-Jordanian project launched in 2002, to use barn owls as biological pesticides. Picture: REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Three well-placed reticulated giraffes graze on the savannah of Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve. The image was captured by Tony Murtagh from Maidenhead, Berkshire, while on a safari holiday. Picture: Tony Murtagh/Solent News & Photo Agency
Baby tapir Parima explores her enclosure for the first time at Hagenbecks Zoo in Hamburg, Germany, while protective mum Carmina keeps a watchful eye on her. Judging by his smile, male tapir Xingo was very proud when his daughter took her first steps into the big wide world. Picture: Action Press / Rex Features
A young gentoo penguin gets into a flap as it demands food from its mother. Or maybe it had forgotten it was a penguin and was trying to fly? Photographer and Exodus travel tour guide Paul Goldstein spotted the penguin on the Antarctic peninsula.Picture: Paul Goldstein/Exodus/Rex Features
The Red-legged Seriema is one of South America’s largest terrestrial birds. While it can fly short distances, it prefers to run on its long, powerful legs rather than use its short, stumpy wings. This two week old chick was hatched at SeaWorld Orlando on April 30. (via zooborns)
