2021 was fairly a yr as pandemic lockdowns and restrictions continued to disrupt lives however within the animal kingdom it was very a lot enterprise as common.
Listed here are a few of the highlights:
January
Western lowland gorilla Touni carries her new child round Gorilla Island at Bristol Zoo Gardens (Ben Birchall/PA)
(PA Archive)
February
Rescued brown bear cubs Mish (left) and Lucy examine a heart-shaped pinata full of their favorite treats as a part of a Valentine’s Day enrichment programme on the Wildwood Belief in Herne Bay, Kent (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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A murmuration of starlings move Glastonbury Tor as they fly off to roost on the Somerset Ranges at sundown (Ben Birchall/PA)
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March
Spring lambs at Moreton Morrell Faculty in Warwickshire, on the day of the spring equinox (Jacob King/PA)
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April
Squirrel monkeys take pleasure in Easter treats at London Zoo (ZSL London Zoo/PA)
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Could
Sea lions take pleasure in their new £2m purpose-built complicated at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA)
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June
Considered one of 1,000 hazel dormice launched again into the wild at a secret location in Lancashire by wildlife charity Individuals’s Belief for Endangered Species in an try to avoid wasting them from extinction within the UK (Peter Byrne/PA)
(PA Wire)
July
Three Amur tiger cubs discover their exterior enclosure for the primary time at Highland Wildlife Park close to Kingussie within the Highlands (Jane Barlow/PA)
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August
Asiatic lioness Arya took the annual weigh-in at ZSL London Zoo in her stride (Yui Mok/PA)
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Campaigners led by proprietor Helen Macdonald fought lengthy and arduous to avoid wasting Geronimo the alpaca after he twice examined constructive for bovine tuberculosis however the story didn’t have a cheerful ending (Andrew Matthews/PA)
(PA Wire)
September
Two-week-old Southern white rhino calf Nandi explores her enclosure for the primary time with mom Tuli at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo (Joe Giddens/PA)
(PA Wire)
October
A hoop-tailed lemur at Blair Drummond Safari Park close to Stirling celebrates World Lemur Day with pumpkin puree balls (Andrew Milligan/PA)
(PA Wire)
November
A mom along with her pup at Donna Nook Nationwide Nature Reserve in Lincolnshire, the place gray seals return yearly in late October, November and December to offer beginning (Danny Lawson/PA)
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December
Golden Retrievers Darcy, Boris and Lily pattern Hilton’s new festive menu for canines, at The Biltmore Mayfair in London (David Parry/PA)
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Resident Joyce Drewitt, 98, p-p-p-picked up a Humboldt penguin that visited the Orders of Saint John Care Belief’s Spencer Court docket care house in Oxfordshire (Orders of Saint John Care Belief/PA)
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