Week in wildlife: a clumsy fox, swinging orangutang and rescued jaguarundi cub

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  • A clumsy fox had a very bad day when it managed to get its leg stuck in a letterbox. It was released by a member of the public and then became stuck between a fence and a wall while trying to escape in Hadleigh, Essex. It was later freed by South Essex Wildlife hospital

    A fox with a hind leg stuck in a letterbox.
  • A burned horse rescued from wildfires in Tirana, Albania is cared for at an animal shelter

    A horse with reddish burns to the face.
  • One of 10 cheetah cubs rescued from the illegal wildlife pet trade receives treatment at the Cheetah Rescue and Conservation Centre in Geed-Deeble on the outskirts of Hargeisa, Somaliland

    A cheetah cub is handled by a carer while on a medical table.
  • Freedom for JoJo: the first orangutang rescued in 2009 by Yayasan Inisiasi Alam Rehabilitasi Indonesia in collaboration with the West Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency, has, for the first time in more than 20 years, been able to climb trees and experience the forest. This long-awaited moment comes thanks to the creation of a two-hectare semi-wild forest enclosure

    An orangutang hangs from a tree branch looking happy.
  • A fox yawns at the police lodge in Ercis district, where it comes every evening in Van, Turkey

    A fox stretches in a downward-facing dog yog-style pose and yawns.
  • Storks rest on the rocks in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

    About 18 storks standing on a rocky mound.
  • A Eurasian oystercatcher, a migratory bird species notable for its red eyes and beak, searches for food in a wetland in Bursa, Turkey

    A Eurasian oystercatcher.
  • Sir David Attenborough named this golden eaglet Princeling. It is the first golden eaglet to fledge at a nest and was brought to Scotland as part of a conservation project

    An eaglet
  • An eel struggles on the surface of a blue-green algae bloom at Battery Harbour in Cookstown, Northern Ireland

    An eel on the surface of algae-covered water.
  • A roe deer among burnt trees as firefighters and forestry teams continue their efforts to extinguish the fire in Çanakkale, Turkey

    A roe deer in woodland.
  • An osprey lifts a trout from the water after catching it during a hunt at a lake near Stamford, England

    An osprey lifts a trout from water.
  • A sick California sea lion sits in an enclosure at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, US

    A California sea lion behind a cage door.
  • A monkey looks on as it holds the Indian national flag placed along a road on the eve of the country’s Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi

    A monkey holding the Indian national flag.
  • A two-week-old orphaned jaguarundi walks as a medical team cares for him at a veterinary hospital in Panama City, Panama

    A two-week-old  jaguarundi.
  • A heron perches on a plastic container on Lake Suchitlán, whose surface is covered by water lettuce, in Cuscatlán, El Salvador

    A heron perches on a plastic container on Lake Suchitlán.
  • A rabbit infected with the Shope papilloma virus, which causes wart-like growths that can look like horns, in Fort Collins, Colorado, US

    A rabbit with wart-like growths.
  • A Japanese grasshopper, a pest, carves on a Taro leaf in Tehatta, West Bengal, India

    A Japanese grasshopper on a leaf.
  • Horses grazing on the grassland in Tashkurgan County, China

    Five horses grazing on grassland.
  • A female black swallowtail butterfly lifts off from a wildflower at Sioux City, Iowa, US

    A female black swallowtail butterfly in flight.
  • Yellow-crested cockatoos resting on a street lamp in the Sai Ying Pun neighbourhood in Hong Kong

    Twelve yellow-crested cockatoos resting on a street lamp.
  • Carcass of a whale washed up on a beach in Tijuana, Mexico

    Carcass of a whale washed up on the beach.
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