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Image: Bianca wins Doggie Gras Parade and Fat Cat Tuesday Celebration in Rancho Santa Fe

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Animal Tracks: March 3 - 9

The Doggie Gras queen and 16 more of this week's best animal photos

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Image: A woman sits with a Great Dane during the first day of the Crufts dog show in Birmingham

Dog face

A woman sits with a Great Dane during the first day of the Crufts dog show in Birmingham, England on March 6.

— Darren Staples / X01323
Image: Dasa Sil Matha Kelaniya Silavathi plays with a cat in her temple in Colombo

Calm kitty

Dasa Sil Matha Kelaniya Silavathi, 90, sits with a cat in her temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka on March 7.

— Dinuka Liyanawatte / X02763
Image: Iraqi children herd water buffaloes in the Euphrates river in Najaf

Go forth

Iraqi children herd water buffaloes in the Euphrates river in Najaf, Iraq on March 6.

— Stringer/iraq / X80014
Image: Bianca arrives in a baby carriage to compete in Doggie Gras Parade and Fat Cat Tuesday Celebration in Rancho Santa Fe

Doggie queen

Bianca, center, a chihuahua, arrives in a baby carriage to compete in the second annual Doggie Gras Parade and Fat Cat Tuesday Celebration at the Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., on March 4. Bianca won the contest and was named queen of the Doggie Gras parade.

— Mike Blake / X00030
Image: Pet cafe in Hanoi

Porcupine pet

A customer plays with a porcupine at a pet cafe in Hanoi, Vietnam on March 6.

— Luong Thai Linh / EPA
Image: Indonesia Bali Turtle

Take a dip

Sea turtles at a conservation center in Serangan, Bali, Indonesia on March 7. Conservationists welcomed a fatwa edict by Indonesia's semi-official Islamic body forbidding wildlife trafficking and poaching.

— Made Nagi / EPA
Image: Elephant training centre in Saree village

New friends

Two baby elephants play at the Saree Elephant Training Center in Aceh, Indonesia, on March 7. The elephant training centre, known as PLG-Saree, was set up in 1994 as a place to train elephants to work with rangers who guard the forest from poachers.

— Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA
Image: A dog sits on its owners shoulder as she watches judging during the first day of the Crufts dog show in Birmingham

Hanging out

A dog sits on its owner's shoulder as she watches judging during the first day of the Crufts dog show in Birmingham, England on March 6.

— Darren Staples / X01323
Image: Pet cafe in Hanoi

Cafe squirrel

A customer plays with a squirrel at a pet cafe in Hanoi, Vietnam on March 6.

— Luong Thai Linh / EPA
Image: CZECH-ANIMALS-KANGAROO

Modern mother

A 3-month-old baby kangaroo watches from the pouch of its mother at the zoo in Zlin, Czech Republic on March 4.

— Radek Mica / AFP
Image: Pet cafe in Hanoi

Gecko spotted

A gecko at a pet cafe in Hanoi, Vietnam on March 6.

— Luong Thai Linh / EPA
Image: GERMANY-WEATHER-ANIMALS

Pretty kitty

A cat sits among daffodils in Saxony, Germany on March 4.

— Arno Burgi / DPA
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Peeking around

A young Asian small-clawed otter explores its compound at the animal park in in Neumuenster, Germany on March 5.

— Maja Hitij / dpa
Image: MEXICO-HIPPO-ZOO-ANIMALS

Hip hip hippo

A 9-day-old hippo walks at the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City on March 5.

— Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP
Image: JAPAN-ANIMAL-PANDA

Panda pandamonium

Ri Ri, a male giant panda, walks in his enclosure at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on March 4.

— Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP
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Furry friends

2-month-old lion cub Kondo carries a teddy bear at the veterinarian office at Six Flags Great Adventure and Safari in Jackson, N.J., on March 6.

— Mel Evans / AP
Image: BESTPIX Melbourne Trackwork Session

Long walks on the beach

Melbourne Cup winner Fiorente, center, walking in the shallow waters during a trackwork session at Altona Beach in Melbourne, Australia on March 4.

— Vince Caligiuri / Getty Images AsiaPac
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