More animals in the news.
1) A squirrel stands on the ground among fallen leaves in a Moscow park, October 23, 2004.
2) Nyah, a three-year-old boxer, turns to see what's going on behind her while sitting with her owner Casey Whatley during the Capital Area Animal Welfare Society (CAAWS) 25-Year-Celebration Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004, at Forest Park in Baton Rouge, La. The pair won the look-a-like contest.
3) Lusty Koalas in southern Australia are going to be put on the pill to stop them breeding too quickly and putting too much strain on their eucalyptus-forest home. A baby Koala named 'Cooee' is pictured with its mother at Sydney's Taronga Zoo. 10-21-2004
4) Libby Hall from Sydney Taronga Zoo's Rehabilitation Clinic releases a juvenile Southern Giant Petrel bird two kilometres off Sydney Heads September 30, 2004. The Petrel bird, nicknamed 'Unleaded', was found on a south coast beach five weeks ago suffering from malnutrition. After recovering at the zoo, it was released back into the wild in the hope that it would return to its normal habitat in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.
5) A tiger jumps into a circle of fire before a show at the Siracha zoo, 80 km (50 miles) east of the Thai capital Bangkok, October 5, 2004. The 166 member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will meet in Thailand for two weeks, from October 2 to 14, to update the trade rules governing some of the world's most charismatic, exploited and economically valuable wildlife species. The tiger trade will be one of the topics discussed during the meeting.
