A cat walks through a flooded street after Hurricane Florence struck Piney Green, North Carolina, September 16, 2018. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)





Two elephants being transported on a lorry from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia (PERHILITAN) in Gerik, state of Perak, Malaysia, 15 September 2018 (Issued 21 September 2018). Malaysia second elephant sanctuary will be built in state of Perak to address the increasing occurances of human to elephant conflicts in the state. " New Perak Elephant Sanctuary, which will span a 40ha area in Hulu Perak will become the second project of its kind after the one that was being developed in Kota Tinggi in state of Johor, Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr Xavier Jayakumar said on 21 September 2018. (Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA/EFE)





A cat clings to the side of a trailer amidst flood waters before it was saved as the Northeast Cape Fear River breaks its banks in the aftermath Hurricane Florence in Burgaw, North Carolina, U.S., September 17, 2018. (Photo by Jonathan Drake/Reuters)





Polar bear Akiak in the new polarium of the Rostock Zoo in Rostock, Germany on September 21, 2018. Almost eleven months after the laying of the foundation stone, the new Polarium will be opened with a ceremony. (Photo by Stefan Sauer/DPA)





A chimpanzee looks in the direction of a camera at the Gut Aiderbichl Sanctuary for Traumatized Chimpanzees and other Primates in Gaenserndorf, near Vienna, 17 September 2018. 34 former laboratory chimpanzees of former Austrian pharmaceutical company Immuno AG spend their lives at the Gut Aiderbichl Sanctuary for Traumatized Chimpanzees and other Primates since 2009. U.S.-based Baxter International Inc. took over the Immuno AG in 1996, banned experiments with primates and rebuilt a former safari park for the Gut Aiderbichl Sanctuary for Traumatized Chimpanzees and other Primates. After three decades in captivity in too small cages, the chimpanzees, most of them came from Sierra Leone as cubs, have species-appropriate indoor and outdoor enclosures. The financial support by Baxter International Inc. and Austrian officials will end by 2019. (Photo by Christian Bruna/EPA/EFE)





A clouded leopard cub is pictured in a bucket during a medical exam on September 17, 2018 at the Mulhouse zoo, eastern France. (Photo by Sebastien Bozon/AFP Photo)





A young meerkat is attacked by a bee in its enclosure at the zoo in Kronberg, Germany, Wednesday, September 19, 2018. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





Philippe Gillet, 67 year-old Frenchman who lives with more than 400 reptiles and tamed alligators, gives chicken to his alligator Ali in his living room in Coueron near Nantes, France September 19, 2018. (Photo by Stephane Mahe/Reuters)





A male deer stands in a field in Republican landscape reserve "Nalibotsky" near the village of Kozliki, Belarus September 20, 2018. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)





Ducks pass by a cornfield totally damaged by strong winds from Typhoon Mangkhut as it barreled across Tuguegarao city, in Cagayan province, northeastern Philippines, Saturday, September 15, 2018. The typhoon hit at the start of the rice and corn harvesting season in Cagayan, a major agricultural producer, prompting farmers to scramble to save what they could of their crops, Cagayan Gov. Manuel Mamba said. The threat to agriculture comes as the Philippines tries to cope with rice shortages. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A three week old baby female rhino walks in the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, September 17, 2018. The center's spokeswoman Sagit Horowitz said it is the 30th birth of a rhinoceros in the Safari park. (Photo by Ariel Schalit/AP Photo)





Siamese Fighting Fish also known as Betta splendens, mostly imported to United States from Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore, is seen in an aquarium in Chicago, United States on September 21, 2018. Betta splendens are found in wide rice paddies in Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore. Now,the most common species in the world-wide aquarium trade, these fish have been introduced to all over the world and populations are thought to be established in many of these places. A Siamese fighting fish known to be sold for the amount of 1.500 dollars during an auction. (Photo by Bilgin S. Sasmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)





A cute and fluffy Alpaca has been born at Bocketts Farm in Surrey, UK on September 19, 2018. The one day old cria, yet to be named, is pictured here with mum Bramble, three, her first child. The farm will be running a competition to name the new arrival on social media. Heavy rain and strong winds are set to hit parts of the British Isles today as the varied weather from storm Ali continues. (Photo by Oliver Dixon)





It could be twit-twoo love as a pair of young barn owls share a kiss. The romantic owlets, which are only 10 weeks old, affectionately preen each other as they each fly in and land on post. These beautiful pictures were taken by 56-year-old Gavin Bickerton-Jones in Old Buckenham Country Park, Norfolk, on one of the pair's first forays from their nesting box. The photographer from Attleborough, Norfolk, said: "A mature pair got together in the box earlier this year and about six weeks ago we could here the young hissing in the box calling for food. (Photo by Gavin Bickerton-Jones/Solent News & Photo Agency)





Jasmine dog-paddles in the flooded parking lot of an apartment complex in Fayetteville, N.C., as her owner, Shianna Locklear, checks out damage to her car from Hurricane Florence on September 16, 2018. (Photo by Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)