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We round up the week in good news stories, featuring baby meerkats on their first outdoor adventure, a tea-serving robot, a hot air balloon festival, a record-breaking sandwich and a donkey beauty contest.
We round up this week’s most heartwarming news stories, featuring panda birthday parties, ice cream drone deliveries at Legoland, and a baby giraffe’s adorable first encounter with a rabbit.
It’s not just us humans who are feeling the effects of the summer heatwave - the animal kingdom has been having fun keeping cool, from bears taking a swim to tigers munching on some icy treats. With temperatures this year set to be record-breaking, the RSPCA has urged pet owners to take extra care in the heat to make sure their furry friends have plenty of water and shade.
The 33-year-old was killed by a Malayan tiger at Hamerton Zoo Park in Cambridgeshire last May.
A spokesman for the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois, said it is working with the kid's family to "move forward."
Edinburgh Zoo welcomed their new tapir calf on 31 January. Born to mother Sayang and father Mowgli, he’s the eighth tapir calf to have been born at the zoo since 2007.
Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Florida, welcomed its first baby sloth birth in October. The baby was rejected by its mother, so zookeepers will be on feeding duties for several months. The baby is a Linnaeus’ two-toed sloth, a species threatened by habitat loss and the exotic pet trade in central and South America.
When a fire broke out at the San Martin Zoo in Ecuador, locals rushed in to help zoo workers evacuate the animals as the enclosures filled with smoke. Local media are reporting that two people have been arrested for starting the fire. All the animals were returned to the zoo the next day.
A week-old baby rhino calf enjoyed his first adventure outside at the Chester Zoo.
A bear was shot dead.