Animal Photos Of The Week

The end of June saw more than its fair share of adorable animals. Babies were spotted across the globe -- jaguar cubs played in Peru, a baby lynx cuddled with its mother, and red kites were born in France.

There was good news for animals this week as dolphins were saved with the help of Facebook and a federal judge agreed that global warming threatens polar bears.

Which animal pic is your favorite?

Comments

[Puffin16]

04:45 PM on 07/07/2011

The coat/patterns on the mother jaguar is simply spectacular! A truly beautiful animal.

[deckercat]

12:33 PM on 07/07/2011

these will be even better than my dalmation coat

[rosemaree124]

01:01 AM on 07/07/2011

omg, BIG-TIME awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww factor.

[onnozol]

10:40 PM on 07/08/2011

Especially the creepy pokey kite babies! Nothing says luxury like naked bird feathers.

[GirlUsingBrain]

01:16 PM on 07/05/2011

Ahhhh....... now I feel better.

Would love to see a jaguar in the wild.

I better hurry.

[lightist]

08:11 AM on 07/05/2011

Actually, thinking back, I've seen it intensely green like that way back. Now that Earth is cooking to death, perhaps it's simply acting in accord with reptilian return round we go.

[SugarSnaps]

06:09 AM on 07/05/2011

Great photos!

[Kassandra]

06:37 PM on 07/04/2011

Get the feeling a zoo is the only place these animals are going to be safe from now on? It seems like we're building an ark

[Jennifer Kline]

04:32 PM on 07/04/2011

Check out these amazing grizzly bear photos if u r animal lover!
www.grizzlybearblog.wordpress.com

[floodberg]

02:18 AM on 07/05/2011

Thanks for reminding me of that blog, I've been there before and love those photos.  The bears standing on the tourist bridge waiting for salmon - priceless!

[thinkingwomanmillstone]

03:58 PM on 07/04/2011

Love the pics..hate the captions...birds are hatched not born. I know picky, picky.

[kareemachan]

01:20 PM on 07/04/2011

You know, it would be interesting to learn what species of endangered ducklings those were. I'm a birdwatcher, but I can't identify various ducks when they are fuzzballs!

Also baby birds of prey are pretty darned ugly as hatchlings!

[eyelashviper]

11:23 AM on 07/04/2011

Always love the animal slide show every week....reminds us all of the extraordinary natural beauty of this planet. Let's be good stewards to these creatures and protect their environment (and ours too).

[alahnar]

11:22 AM on 07/04/2011

Wow, mamaJag does NOT look happy with the photographer in one of those photos! :-) Beautiful though.

[brownfrown]

09:37 AM on 07/04/2011

Red Panda?! Super cute!

[capnamerica]

08:23 AM on 07/04/2011

They're so cute! I wish liberals had a chance to pet them.

[eyelashviper]

11:21 AM on 07/04/2011

Give up the ideological bent, and just enjoy the images of these wonderful creatures.....they have no political affiliation.
And a happy 4th to you.

[kareemachan]

01:23 PM on 07/04/2011

It so happens that my cousin's wife (who is as liberal as they come) works at the San Diego zoo helping to keep various endangered animals alive, happy, and reproducing. So quit with the baka political bent, and just be an American who appreciates all Americans (it's a Christian thing to do, ya know) on this Fourth, okay?

[KPinSEA]

03:31 AM on 07/04/2011

Playing 'Wolverine & Sabretooth' ?