The Week in Pictures: Animals March 4 – March 9 2013
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The monkey asks food from the person in park of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, on March 4, 2013. (Photo by Mark Baker/AP Photo)
A mahout receives a dousing from his elephant on March 5, 2013, ahead of the tourist season, when they provide rides to visitors at the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary near Guwahati, India. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP Photo)
A baby giraffe lays in the straw on March 8, 2013 at the Zoo in Duisburg, western Germany. The male baby giraffe, 1.70 meters (or about 5.5 feet) tall, was born during the night of March 5, 2013 at the Zoo. (Photo by Bernd Thissen/AFP Photo)
Giraffe cub in the Zoo of Duisburg, Germany, on March 8, 2013. (Photo by Bernd Thissen/AFP Photo)
One of three 2-month old Oriental Pied Hornbills feeds on a dead mouse at the Jurong Bird Park's Breeding and Research Center in Singapore, March 8, 2013. These three birds were hatched after a successful artificial incubation at the bird park after their eggs were rescued on an off-shore island in Singapore. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/Associated Press)
A woman looks at a photo exhibition by Yann Arthus-Betrand, Laurent Baheux, Heidi and Hans-Jurgen Koch and Brian Skerry at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Bangkok on March 4, 2013. Global conservationists converged on Bangkok on March 3 for the start of endangered species talks, as host Thailand was forced onto the defensive over the rampant smuggling of ivory through its territory. (Photo by Nicolas Asfouri/AFP Photo)
Woman displays small turtles in plastic bags, for sale in a shop in Beijing, China, March 7, 2013. According to the vendor, each bag, filled with oxygen and nutritional liquid, can keep the animal it holds alive for two months and is sold for 10 RMB ($1.6). The Chinese believe such charms can bring good luck. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
A man rides his bicycle with a cat on his shoulder next to Saint Peter's Square in Rome March 7, 2013. (Photo by Max Rossi/Reuters)
A beaver swims in a icy channel of the Nalibokskaia Pushcha reserve near the village of Rum, some 85 km (53 miles) west of Minsk, March 7, 2013. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)
Basset Hound Larry after coming third in class at Crufts 2013, NEC, Birmingham, on March 7, 2013. (Photo by Rui Vieira/PA Wire)
Cirneco dell'Etna hounds at Crufts 2013, NEC, Birmingham, on March 7, 2013. (Photo by Rui Vieira/PA Wire)
Dog is cooled in the exit of ventilation of the subway in the Avenue Paulista, in the central region of the city of Sao Paulo, in the afternoon of this Monday, March 4, 2013. (Photo by Leo Martins/Frame/Estadão Conteúdo)
A Grey Squirrel in the trees at Calderstones Park, Woolton, Liverpool, on Friday March 8, 2013. (Photo by Peter Byrne/PA Wire)
Pampered pooch plea for Barretstown. Gain Pet Food and Barretstown are calling on all dog owners to dress up their pooches and help break the world record for the most dogs in fancy dress on April 28th in aid of the children's charity. Pictured are Aislinn Flanagan aged 8 from Blessington with Ivannii, the Pug, on , March 8, 2013. (Photo by Andres Poveda/Jason Clarke Photography)
![The elephant pictured was killed after it was hit by a train in northeastern India on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, according to NBC News. The train was inside the Buxa Tiger Reserve, an area that elephants pass through as they migrate between India and Bhutan. According to Indian Railway Minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal, [Elephant corridors have been identified by the Forest Department and on such corridors speed restrictions have been imposed and signage boards provided to pre-warn the train drivers], he said. Bansal continued, [In consultation with the Environment and Forest Ministry and the forest departments of state governments, Railways is also attempting to find a more lasting solution in the matter through deposit works consisting of measures such as construction of ramps and underpasses etc, the cost of which will be borne by the Forest Department]. Despite these state-subsidized safeguards, statistics cited by The Times of India indicate that as many as 49 elephants may have been killed on train tracks since 2010. (Photo by STR/AFP Photo)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c0a3_big.jpg "The elephant pictured was killed after it was hit by a train in northeastern India on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, according to NBC News. The train was inside the Buxa Tiger Reserve, an area that elephants pass through as they migrate between India and Bhutan. According to Indian Railway Minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal, [Elephant corridors have been identified by the Forest Department and on such corridors speed restrictions have been imposed and signage boards provided to pre-warn the train drivers], he said. Bansal continued, [In consultation with the Environment and Forest Ministry and the forest departments of state governments, Railways is also attempting to find a more lasting solution in the matter through deposit works consisting of measures such as construction of ramps and underpasses etc, the cost of which will be borne by the Forest Department]. Despite these state-subsidized safeguards, statistics cited by The Times of India indicate that as many as 49 elephants may have been killed on train tracks since 2010. (Photo by STR/AFP Photo)")
The elephant pictured was killed after it was hit by a train in northeastern India on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, according to NBC News. The train was inside the Buxa Tiger Reserve, an area that elephants pass through as they migrate between India and Bhutan. According to Indian Railway Minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal, [Elephant corridors have been identified by the Forest Department and on such corridors speed restrictions have been imposed and signage boards provided to pre-warn the train drivers], he said. Bansal continued, [In consultation with the Environment and Forest Ministry and the forest departments of state governments, Railways is also attempting to find a more lasting solution in the matter through deposit works consisting of measures such as construction of ramps and underpasses etc, the cost of which will be borne by the Forest Department]. Despite these state-subsidized safeguards, statistics cited by The Times of India indicate that as many as 49 elephants may have been killed on train tracks since 2010. (Photo by STR/AFP Photo)
Horses roam near a former Israeli tank in a field along the border between Syria and Israel, in the Golan Heights on March 8, 2013. (Photo by Jack Guez/AFP Photo)
A horse runs in a pasture next to an old Israeli tank in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on the border with Syria, March 8, 2013. (Photo by Ariel Schalit/Associated Press)
A Pekin Robin at Chester Zoo is weighed as part of an annual health check, March 6, 2013. Each year keepers dedicate a day to carrying out a check on the 150 birds in their free-flying tropical house to assess their health and condition, ring each individual and DNA sex them. (Photo by Peter Byrne/PA Wire)
A monkey runs away with a piece of bread in it's mouth at a park in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March 4, 2013. (Photo by Mark Baker/AP Photo)
A man prepares to feed a troop of monkeys at a park in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 4, 2013. (Photo by Mark Baker/Associated Press)
An Emerald Dove is placed in a mug to be weighed during the annual bird health check at Chester Zoo in Chester northern England March 6, 2013. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)
A happy lamb jumps in a field near Berkel en Rodenrijs, the Netherlands, on March 4, 2013. Due to the nice spring weather the sheep were released from their barn earlier than usual. (Photo by Arie Kievit/EPA)
One month-old male triplet bilby joeys make their first appearance at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast, Queensland, on March 6, 2013. The Bilby, a nocturnal marsupial, is listed as endangered in Queensland and a vulnerable nationally. (Photo by Dan Peled/EPA)
A 1-month-old endangered Bornean orangutan sleeps on his mother, Miri, in Singapore on March 6, 2013. The Singapore Zoo is renowned for its flagship animal, the orangutan, and exhibits the endangered Bornean and critically endangered Sumatran subspecies in a social setting. It is also known for its efforts in promoting and educating the public about the importance of wildlife conservation. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)
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