A dog named Luke sits in a pew at St. Andrew's United Church in North Vancouver, British Columbia, on Oct. 6. Luke was one of several parishioners' pets attending services prior to an animal blessing in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
A 320-pound disabled green sea turtle swims in the Shark Reef Aquarium at the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas on Oct. 7 after a cross-country odyssey that included a trip in a FedEx plane. He has a collapsed lung which affects the way he balances, and he can’t survive in the wild. Rescuers have had to attach weights to him so he doesn’t swim through life lopsided.
Two male giant panda cubs lay together at the Atlanta Zoo on Oct. 3. The zoo is giving members of the public a chance to vote on a pair of names for the baby giant pandas born there in July.
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Israeli elephant
A newborn Asian elephant calf walks with its mother La Petite (left) one day after it was born at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 3. Follow us on Twitter @TODAYPets
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Firehouse chicken
Rhonda Deese, a third generation firefighter at the Nicol Volunteer Fire Department, holds up the fire station's third generation mascot on Oct. 3. The 1-month-old "Dalmatian chicken" hasn't been named yet but is the grand-chicken of the station's original mascot from 1999.
The Nicol fire station was built out of a converted chicken house when the land was purchased in 1998.
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Hitching a ride
A 3-week-old giant anteater baby rests on the back of her mother, Ursula, in the Szeged Game Park in Budapest, Hungary, on Oct. 3. Follow us on Twitter @TODAYPets
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Cuddles with mom
A baby Bornean orangutan is nestled next to its mother at a zoo in Singapore on Oct. 3.
A Guineafowl walks between flowers in the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town, South Africa, on Oct. 3. Follow us on Twitter @TODAYPets
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Wide-eyed little one
Bonobo mother Lexi relaxes with her 6-month-old male baby, Yaro, at the zoo in Leipzig, Germany, on Oct. 2.
A 4-day-old Chilean flamingo chick is fed by its father named Migi Aka at the Himeji Central Park on Oct. 2 in Himeji, Japan. The baby flamingo was born on Sept. 29 and will take up to two or three years to fully develop the pink feathers of mature adults. Follow us on Twitter @TODAYPets
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Getting in the Halloween spirit
Jomo, a silverback gorilla, chews on a pumpkin on Oct. 3 at the Cincinnati Zoo.
A female and yet unnamed black rhinoceros baby explores its compound next to its mother Nandi in the Leipzig Zoo in central Germany on Oct. 2. The rhinoceros baby was born in Leipzig on Sept. 14. Follow us on Twitter @TODAYPets
