Animal Tracks: Dec. 5 - 12

A bald eagle flies over the Des Moines River, Dec. 13, 2010, in downtown Des Moines, Iowa.

Marco, a six-year-old bulldog, poses for a picture with Santa Claus during the Santa Paws pet photo charity event in Washington on December 11, 2010. The proceeds will go to the Washington Humane Society. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Horses run over snow covered grazing land in Kaltenbach near Gummersbach some 40 km (24 miles) east of the western German city of Cologne December 7, 2010. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY - Tags: ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY ANIMALS)

Nandong, a 25-year old elephant mother, watches closely as her 2-week old male baby elephant explores at the Singapore Zoo's Night Safari on Friday, Dec. 10, 2010 in Singapore. This baby is the first baby to be born in the enclosure after 9 years and had a birth weight of 151-kilograms. The Singapore Zoo and Night Safari ensures that its animals in captivity have habitats as close to that of the wild as part of its wildlife conservation efforts. Elephants are listed as endangered on International Union for Conservation of Nature.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

A duck swims in a pond as small waves create a repeating pattern in Roseburg, Ore., on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. (Credit Image: © Robin Loznak)

TOPSHOTS A crow eyes a polar bear at the zoo in Berlin on December 10, 2010. Meteorologists forecast fresh temperatures and some precipitations for the German capital. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)

Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service (WIRES) member Ann Mara uses a kayak to assist a kangaroo stranded by flood waters at Lake Burrendong, about 240 km (149 miles) northwest of Sydney December 8, 2010. Heavy rain and widespread flooding has damaged crops and blocking roads across huge areas of eastern Australia. Picture taken December 8, 2010. REUTERS/Lake Burrendong Sport and Recreation Centre/Tracy Woods/Handout (AUSTRALIA - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY ANIMALS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

An aquarium trainer in a Santa Claus costume is pushed out of the water by bottle-nose dolphins during a show at the Aqua Stadium aquarium at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo on December 13, 2010. Visitors can view the Christmas special show, which will be held through to Christmas Day. AFP PHOTO/Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)

Snow melts on the hairs around the mouth of a horse on a farm near the town of Antrim, 20 miles (32 km) north of Belfast, December 9, 2010. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND - Tags: ANIMALS)

A magpie stands near the snow-covered banks of the Miljacka river in Sarajevo December 11, 2010. Snow and icy weather has blanketed large parts of Europe, disrupting air, road and train travel. REUTERS/Danilo Krstanovic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)

Portuguese horses, from breed 'Puro Sangue Lusitano', participate in the annual Santa Claus parade, Sunday Dec. 12 2010 in Porto, Portugal. Thousands staged a parade in an attempt to break the Guinness Book of records of most people dressed as Santa Claus. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)

epa02489969 Ready for take off.......Seagulls stand in single file along a handrail at the Historic Harbour in Berlin, Germany, 11 December 2010. EPA/TOBIAS KLEINSCHMITT

epa02486771 Orangutan Maimunah lies with her newborn baby at Melbourne Zoo in Melbourne, Australia, on 09 December 2010. The baby was born shortly before midnight on 06 December and it may be a week or more before Maimunah and the baby go into outdoor exhibit areas. EPA/JULIAN SMITH

Stray dogs sit in the snow with the air temperature at about minus 35 degrees Celsius (-31 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk December 11, 2010. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

epa02492742 A handout photograph made available on 13 December 2010 by Saudi press Agency shows a thirsty camel drinking water among part of 2,700 participating camels at King Abdulaziz festival for distinguished camels in UM Rakabah in Hafer El Baten, Saudi Arabia, 12 December 2010. The festival has become a very famous camel event due to the total value of the whole participant camels which estimated to one and half billion Saudi Riyals; each camel value ranges from 300 to 400 thousand Saudi Riyals and has special medical and family history record to prove its originality which is unequaled to any other camels elsewhere in the globe. EPA/SPA / HO

Ahmed Rahme, 11, helps his injured pelican into the water, Dec. 11, 2010, at the port in the southern city of Sidon, Lebanon. Ahmed, who makes a living by cleaning fish at the port, has taken care of the pelican since the bird was shot in the wing two years ago.

A tortoise rests between autumn leaves at a public park in Amman December 7, 2010. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)

epa02488125 A photograph made available on 10 December 2010 shows veterinarians examine lioness Baghira,14 , during a research of tomography at a clinic for animals in Sofia, Bulgaria, 09 December 2010. Activists of Four Paws rescued the 14 years old lion from the miserable conditions in a Bulgarian zoo. Baghira was brought from Pavlikeni in Northern Bulgaria to the capital Sofia, where she underwent medical checks. She will continue her trip next year to South Africa, there Baghira is to join the Lionsrock-Park of Four Paws and continue her life under proper conditions. The intervention of Four Paws made Bulgarian authorities check the conditions in other zoos in the country. EPA/VASSIL DONEV

Angelina, a seven-year-old Red Kangaroo, rests after receiving treatment for lumpy jaw disease at the Gan-Garoo Australian park, which features wildlife from Australia, near Kibbutz Nir David in northern Israel December 7, 2010. Lumpy jaw is a gum disease common to kangaroos living in captivity. Israeli scientists and veterinarians have developed what they call a new non-invasive treatment for the condition, and say the pasty medicine, if applied at an early stage of the disease, increases the chances for a speedy recovery. REUTERS/Nir Elias (ISRAEL - Tags: ANIMALS HEALTH)

An orangutan stays close to her offspring at Mount Leuser National Park in Gunung Leuser on Sumatra island on December 8, 2010. One of the biggest nature reserves in the world, Mount Leuser has an area of over 800,000 hectares of virgin rainforest home to highly endangered wildlife. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned on December 7 that the world was missing its last chance to control climate change, appealing to nations at talks in Mexico to ramp up progress. AFP PHOTO / SUTANTA ADITYA (Photo credit should read SUTANTA ADITYA/AFP/Getty Images)

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