The Highland Fusiliers Launch The Scottish Poppy Appeal

Second World War veteran 90 year old William Walker launches the Scottish Poppy Appeal, together with soldiers from the Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland, on October 27, 2011 in Penicuick, Scotland. Mr Walker, who was wounded while serving in Burma in 1943 with the Royal Scots, helped the soldiers form the shape of ninety to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the annual November campaign. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Tiger Triplets Debut At Taronga Zoo

Sumatran tiger Jumilah is seen with one of her cubs on display at Taronga Zoo on October 25, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. The Sumatran tiger cubs, born in August to mother Jumilah, will meet the public for the first time this week. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

Baby Flying Foxes

Trish Wimberley nurses three baby flying foxes (Pteropus) at a temporary bat rehabilitation centre on December 3, 2008 on the Gold Coast, Australia. Wildcare Australia's Head Bat Coordinator, Trish Wimberley has been caring for the flying foxes following storms that ripped through the Gold Coast hinterland causing hundreds of the babies to loose their mothers. Wildcare Australia volunteers was provided 24hour support for the flying foxes until they are strong enough to be released into the wild. (Photo by David Hardenberg/Getty Images)

A Baby Flying Fox (Pteropus) hangs from a clothes line at a temporary bat rehabilitation centre on December 3, 2008 on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by David Hardenberg/Getty Images)

Caretaker Shannon Hennesey feeds two Baby Flying Foxes (Pteropus) at a temporary bat rehabilitation centre on December 3, 2008 on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by David Hardenberg/Getty Images)

A Baby Flying Fox (Pteropus) only a few days old is fed at a temporary bat rehabilitation centre on December 3, 2008 on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by David Hardenberg/Getty Images)

Urban Elephants Roam The Streets of Bangkok

A baby elephant tries to grab some food off a cart along the city streets September 25, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. While the elephant is a symbol of Thailand, it is a fairly common site to see the unemployed and homeless animals roaming the city streets begging for food. The tame elephants dodge the traffic as their mahouts (elephant drivers) sell sugar cane by the bag to tourists who then feed them. Mahouts say that they have little choice but to bring their elephants to cities like Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Thai officials frown upon the practice and have passed laws banning elephants from roadways but the mahouts still come risking fines in order to survive. Elephants have been big business for the country for centuries but now they are reduced to a major tourist attraction. Elephants are trained to paint, play musical instruments, and even kick soccer balls. In addition there are elephant camps dotted all over Thailand catering to tourists employing up to 650 pachyderms, according to government figures. The Tourism Authority of Thailand says that about 65 percent of tourists will visit an elephant during their stay. Until Thailand banned logging in 1989, many Asian elephants were laborers working in the jungles. (Photo Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Sangworn, a mahout (elephant driver), sits with his elephant, Bussaba, 13 years old, at his temporary camp September 26, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)