Animal Photos Of The Week

This was certainly a good week for dog news. Friday was World Puppy Day, an event celebrating the magic of puppies and raising awareness for orphaned and abused dogs around the world.

In honor of National Puppy Day, check out these video of babies playing with puppies. HuffPost women also offered up 11 breeds of puppies that "you need more than a man."

For more cute dog action, check out this video of a dog and a cat wrestling. Dog-cat rivalries might not be anything new, but the video shows one of the cutest dog and cat scuffles we've ever seen.

An eagle nest in Iowa is expecting several new babies as this year's hatch begins this weekend. With eggs hatching about a week apart, there is still plenty of time to watch the eagles emerge, on a live webcam available here.

A baby giraffe born last month at the Bronx Zoo is making her public debut next week. Still unnamed, the young female is about six feet tall and weighed over 100 pounds at birth.

In other animal news, Texas wildlife officials announced this week that they are suspending a policy of killing burros in a state park near the Mexican border. According to the Associated Press, officials estimate that 300 burros live in Big Bend Ranch State Park, while 130 have been killed since 2007.

Check out some of the coolest and cutest animal photos from this week below. Click here for more animal news.

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Comments

[Little Princess]

09:41 AM on 03/26/2012

Knut......... (sighing)

[karen lyons kalmenson]

08:52 AM on 03/26/2012

a world of wonder
sights and sounds
what a terrible blunder
if no more animals
were around

[iLdoRight]

06:23 AM on 03/26/2012

Caption suggestion; " Yea, I Know My Mom Kills Seals, But What Is She Suppose To Do? We Can't Live On Snow "

[Luke McIntosh]

04:49 AM on 03/26/2012

Ah yes, the polar bear. The Arctic's cutest animal. Better known for cannibalizing it's young, clubbing baby seals, and attacking humans.

[odvnsnraju]

02:05 AM on 03/26/2012

i love this animal world here in green

[Rex Devious]

01:33 AM on 03/26/2012

I love the one with the "dog pope".

First, you can tell the dog is thinking, "A parade for me? Wow... I *am* a good boy!".

Second, I bet I'm not the only one who looked at it and though, "Ya know... putting a pure hearted, unconditionally loving animal like a dog in charge of one of the world's major religions might *not* be the dumbest thing we could do at this point."

Granted, there might be some persecutions of mailmen, but nothing that couldn't turned around with some papal tummy rubs.

[JoeBoy254]

12:06 AM on 03/26/2012

Cute Polar Bear photo. The most dangerous land mammal on the face of the earth, but always deliver great photos.

[LogicCircuit]

11:41 PM on 03/25/2012

Wild caged animals are cute to you? To me it's heart breaking ...

[ArjenBoatsma]

09:37 PM on 03/25/2012

Those polar bears are awfully cute, but get too close, and, depending on the time of day, you'll be breakfast, lunch or dinner.

[John Rice JR]

09:36 PM on 03/25/2012

I thought Polar Bears had drowned when all of the ice melted? Surely these are archived photos, right?

[KIVPossum]

10:20 PM on 03/25/2012

Doubt you thnk much at all, John

[Tonirelay2]

09:33 PM on 03/25/2012

I love the polar bear picture. Even animals give more love and protection than some humans.

[henrypapillon]

09:22 PM on 03/25/2012

One more thing about polar bears and grizzly bear interbreding--it has been 200,000 years since they stopped interbreeding.

[KIVPossum]

10:21 PM on 03/25/2012

your comments are interesting - why? Is it because polar bear habitat is changing so quickly and they are moving into grizzly territory?

[henrypapillon]

01:32 AM on 03/26/2012

I would assume so, they have been having a lot of trouble wiythem in northern Canada and Alaska dfopr several years now, teh polar bears coming oiinto the towns, hungry. I doubt it is the grizzlies going out on the ice.

[henrypapillon]

09:18 PM on 03/25/2012

I read this week that polar bears and grizzly bears are now interbreeding.

[Charles Inchon]

09:02 PM on 03/25/2012

I so love pictures of animals showing their affection for their children and each other. Aesop observed animals and compiled a classic series of stories based on what he thought of his behavior.

I am reminded of the old phrase, "The more I know about people, the more I like my dog."

[ARNOST]

08:45 PM on 03/25/2012

I love animals .