A baby kangaroo named Tijana peers from the incubator in its enclosure in Belgrade zoo April 16, 2009. Her mother, after being scared by an emu bird, ran away and Tijana fell out from the pouch. Now Tijana, who cannot survive outside a pouch, must stay in a special incubator, where the temperature remains a constant 35 degrees Celsius. Biologists made a set of canvas pouches for Tijana who is also fed every two hours with a special milk that arrived from US and Germany. Some milk is also expected to arrive from the Australian embassy in Serbia. REUTERS/Ivan Milutinovic
Petra the koala receives her medication after an operation at Sydney Wildlife World March 5, 2008. Petra had a CT scan and was diagnosed with a fungal disease called Cryptococcus, which is a common disease found in the nasal cavity of some koalas and is caused by a fungus associated with a particular eucalypt trees. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas
A dog undergoes acupuncture therapy for a facial spasm at a vet clinic in north China’s Tianjin municipality June 22, 2007. The treatment is administered daily for six days and cost about 50 yuan ($6.50) for the whole course. REUTERS/Vincent Du
Herc, a male black-footed ferret is still sedated after getting blood and semen drawn for testing at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center in Wellington, Colorado April 11, 2007. By 1980, it was believed that the black-footed ferret was extinct when a group of only 18 was discovered in Wyoming. With breeding taking place at the Conservation Center, the wild population is now around 500. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
Veterinarians hold a Eurasian eagle-owl suffering from a bone fracture in its right wing during an x-ray scan at an animal hospital in Shenyang, Liaoning province January 20, 2015. The Eurasian eagle-owl, listed as a second grade protected species in China, was in good condition after the surgery, which was reported to be the first of such kind in China, according to local media. Picture taken January 20, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer
A veterinarian measures the offspring of female panda Lin Hui at Chiang Mai Zoo, north of Bangkok, June 18, 2009. Lin Hui, a female panda on loan from China, gave birth to the baby panda in Thailand on May 27 after being artificially inseminated with her partner’s sperm for a second time. REUTERS/Phichaiyong Mayerku
A veterinarian examines a Senegal parrot during a regular inspection in the Rome’s Bio Parco zoo, October 19, 2005. Europeans should not panic about bird flu as there is only a slight risk of humans contracting it and there is no immediate threat of a pandemic, a European Union disease prevention agency said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Tony Gentile
Male lion Tyson receives dental treatment at a veterinary clinic in Medellin September 15, 2011. Tyson is a 20-year-old lion living at Santafe Zoo in Medellin. REUTERS/Albeiro Lopera
Biologist Vilma Castillo applies medicine to a freshwater turtle in a clinic for turtles in Tortufauna in La Garita de ALajuela May 27, 2010. According to Castillo, Tortufauna is the first clinic in Central and Latin America to specialize in providing treatment for injured tortoises and freshwater turtles. Castillo receives an average of 80 turtles per month for treatment. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate
Fafa, a lioness that is nearly 18-year-old, undergoes a CT scan at the veterinary clinic in Brasilia August 7, 2012. Fafa has been living in Brasilia Zoo since its birth and had undergone surgery this year to remove both its ovaries and uterus. Fafa was sedated and brought to the veterinary clinic after experiencing seizures and bleeding. According to veterinarian John Nardott Ricardo, the lioness had to undergo a 3-hour-long session of CT scans to its chest, skull and abdomen in order to diagnose the source of its health problems. Nardott believes there is a possibility that Fafa has liver damage, which may have arisen from a cancerous tumour Fafa had in 2010. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
An unnamed male Tasmanian Devil cub receives a health check in his enclosure at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo October 22, 2009. Four six months old Tasmanian Devil cubs are having health checks and paternity test to avoid their extinction from a rare transmission cancer called Devil Facial Tumour Disease. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz
Chinese veterinarians and workers prepare an injured panda for a CT scan at the Fourth Military Medical University in Xi’an, north China’s Shannxi province, April 6, 2005. The male panda from the Changqing National Nature Reserve Center suffered a fracture in his chest vertebra. Veterinarians said he may have broken his chest vertebra while fighting with other pandas or falling down due to a cataract. Picture taken April 6, 2005. CHINA OUT REUTERS/China Newsphoto
Rinat Matalon of the Wildlife Veterinary hospital feeds a baby desert porcupine at a hospital in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv June 16, 2010. The hospital treats about 2,00 animals each year, many of which are rescued after suffering injuries in the wild. The hospital, run by the Ramat Gan Safari and Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority, also offers the animals treatments like physical therapy and hydrotherapy. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
