A Navy jet from the Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia passes an apartment building during tactical demonstration flyover as part of the 2009 Chrysler Jeep Superstores APBA Detroit Gold Cup race, Sunday July 12, 2009 along the Detroit River in Detroit.
A woman walks with a bichon frise and a poodle both coloured with various dyes on a street in Wuhan, Hubei province July 11, 2009. Amid China's current pet boom, dog owners are flocking to pet beauticians to pamper their pets with everything from shampooing to hair trimming, and nail care to hair-dye, local media reported. Picture taken July 11, 2009.
A male snow leopard cub called Altai yawns, during his official presentation at the zoo in Berlin, Germany, Friday, July 10, 2009. Altai was born on April 25, 2009.
In this photo made Thursday, July 9, 2009, Pet Airways Co-founder Alysa Binder's dog, Zoe, walks by one of the upstart airline's aircraft in Omaha, Neb. On the first-ever all-pet airline started by husband-and-wife team Alysa Binder and Dan Wiesel, dogs and cats will fly in the main cabin of a Suburban Air Freight plane, retooled and lined with carriers in place of seats.
President Barack Obama (C) and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) take their places with junior G8 delegates, including Brazil's Mayora Tavares (L), for a family photo at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy July 9, 2009.
Odin, a white Bengal tiger, dives for a piece of meat at the opening of the new Odin's Temple of the Tiger exhibit at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Thursday, July 9, 2009, in Vallejo, Calif.
This photo released by Veterinary Pet Insurance shows Snag L. Tooth catching a cat nap at his home in Portland, Oregon.
Miss Ellie competes in the World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair on Friday, June 26, 2009, in Petaluma, Calif. The blind 15-year-old Chinese Crested Hairless won the pedigree category.
In this photo taken Wednesday, July 8, 2009, Sri Lankan fishermen, also known locally as stick fishermen, sit perched on stilts fixed into the ocean floor as they fish in Koggala area, south of Galle, Sri Lanka.
The Eiffel Tower is illuminated during the traditional Bastille Day fireworks display in Paris July 14, 2009.
This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows the littoral combat ship Independence underway in the Gulf of Mexico during builder's trials Monday July 12, 2009. Builder's trials are the first opportunity for the shipbuilder and the U.S. Navy to operate the ship underway, and provide an opportunity to test and correct issues before acceptance trials.
A baby ring-tailed lemur cuddles with its mother in their enclosure at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo July 11, 2009.
A model presents a creation during a hair show in Budapest June 20, 2009
Colorful creature : A Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) auf Nahrungssuche sits on a butterfly bush flower in a garden in Hohen Neuendorf, near Berlin. This butterfly is is a well-known colourful butterfly, found in temperate Europe and Asia.
A Belarussian girl holds a Don Sphynx cat in June 2009. British scientists have said that cats coax their owners into giving them what they want with a special purr that blends their normal soft, low sound with a high-pitched element that is hard to ignore.
Miss Ellie celebrates her win in the World's Ugliest Dog Contest's pedigree class at the Sonoma-Marin Fair on Friday, June 26, 2009, in Petaluma, Calif. She is a blind 15-year-old Chinese Crested Hairless.
A baby pygmy hippopotamus walks towards her mother in their enclosure at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo July 11, 2009. The pygmy hippopotamus are only found in West Africa and the World Conservation Union estimates that there are fewer than 3,000 remaining.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shows reporters a sample coin of a possible global currency during a news conference at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, Friday, July 10, 2009. Medvedev at G8 was given the first coin of future supranational currency which he called a 'united future world currency
A man, flanked by a policeman, nets a 70 centimeter long pike perch (or Zander) caught on July 12, 2009 by Swiss police divers after the carnivorous fish bit several bathers in Lake Maggiore, southern Switzerland. Police divers have ended the reign of terror of a huge fish that was attacking swimmers in a Swiss lake.
A male snow leopard cub called Altai, seen in a basket, during his official presentation at the zoo in Berlin, Germany, Friday, July 10, 2009. Altai was born on April 25, 2009.
Spanish bullfighter Manuel Jesus "El Cid" is gored by a bull at the Plaza de Toros on the fourth day of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 9, 2009.
In this photo taken with a cell phone, a girl timidly approaches a 20-foot-long basking shark on Gilgo Beach on New York's Long Island Tuesday, July 14, 2009. The basking shark, estimated to weigh 2,000 pounds, washed ashore on the town beach a few miles east of Jones Beach. New York State Parks official George Gorman said Tuesday that researchers will examine the shark to determine a cause of death. After that, it will be buried in nearby sand dunes on the beach.
The sun shines down 42nd Street below the landmark "Chrysler Building" (R) in New York City at sunset during the biannual occurrence named "Manhattanhenge", July 12, 2009. "Manhattanhenge", named by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, occurs when the setting sun aligns itself with the east-west grid of streets in Manhattan, allowing the sun to shine down all streets at the same time.
The Triple and Quadruple Bypass Burgers are advertised at Heart Attack Grill in Chandler, Arizona June 17, 2009. The restaurant is known for their hospital theme and enormous burgers.
A baby ring-tailed lemur cuddles with its mother in their enclosure at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo July 11, 2009.
Graphic showing interrogation techniques detailed by the CIA. In May, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi charged that the US spy agency misled lawmakers in 2002 about interrogation techniques widely seen as torture, including "waterboarding," a simulated drowning method.
In this photo made Thursday, July 9, 2009, a dog waits in a kennel during a training session for Pet Airways in Omaha, Neb. On the first-ever all-pet airline started by husband-and-wife team Alysa Binder and Dan Wiesel, dogs and cats will fly in the main cabin of a Suburban Air Freight plane, retooled and lined with carriers in place of seats
The sun sets over the New York City skyline on June 26, 2009.
A snow leopard is pretended to the media at Tierpark Friedrichsfelde zoo in Berlin, July 10, 2009. The male cub named Altai, was born on April 24.
Stormy night : Lightning illuminates the night sky of Montevideo as a thunderstorm unfolds over the Uruguayan capital
An albino baby turtle swims with green sea babies turtle in a pond at Khram island, about 30 km (19 miles) from Pattaya, east of Bangkok June 17, 2009. Special care is given to around 15,000 green and hawksbill baby turtles hatched and housed at the navy's conservation center each year. Once the baby turtles' shells are big and strong enough to protect them from various predators at about six-months-old the young turtles are released to the sea. Picture taken June 17, 2009.
Meatball lets out a big yawn while awaiting the start of the 2009 UFO Festival Alien Pet Costume Contest Friday, morning, July 3, 2009 at the Roswell Convention Center in Roswell, N.M. Meatball took 2nd place in the contest.
Lin Hui, a seven-year-old giant panda mother, and her unnamed 43-day-old cub lie on the floor at the Chiang Mai zoo in Chiang Mai province, Thailand, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. The little panda has been featured on Thai front pages almost every day since her birth.
Elephants painted as pandas are led on a walkabout in Ayutthaya province, 80 km (50 miles) north of Bangkok, June 26, 2009. Five elephants were led on a walkabout to send a message to the Thai public not to ignore its elephants, the symbolic animal of Thailand. A female panda and its newborn baby in Chiang Mai zoo have captured the attention of the public.
J.B. Letuli, wearing a body paint design by DC Entertainment, awaits to make her entrance Friday during the 2009 UFO Festival Alien Costume Contest at Pearson Auditorium.
An F22 Raptor is put thorough the paces en route to Edwards Air Force Base from Marietta, Georgia in an undated file photo.
A Chihuahua dog displays a back pack at a dog fashion show in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Top Taiwanese dog clothing companies gathered Wednesday for a group fashion show displaying their latest collection in beach wear costumes.
Lin Hui, a 7-year old giant panda mother comforts its 7-week old cub inside their enclosure at the Chiang Mai zoo in Chiang Mai province northern Thailand Monday, July 13, 2009.
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Dan Wiesel, CEO of Pet Airways, embraces a canine passenger at Pet Airways in East Farmingdale, New York, Tuesday, July 14, 2009. On the first-ever all-pet airline started by Wiesel and wife Alysa Binder, dogs and cats will fly in the main cabin of a Suburban Air Freight plane, retooled and lined with carriers in place of seats.
In this photograph provided by the Smithsonian National Zoo, Giant Panda Tai Shan licks his birthday cake on his fourth birthday Thursday, July 9, 2009 at the zoo in Washington. The cake was a frozen combination of water, beets and beet juice while enhancing it with bamboo and fruit. At age four, he is considered a teenager in
This Friday, July 10, 2009 picture shows the home of Byrd and Melanie Billings in Beulah, Fla. The two were found dead in their bedroom at Thursday evening, July 9, 2009. Investigators asked the public to be on the lookout Friday for a red van they believe carried three men involved in the deaths of a Florida Panhandle couple who were shot in their rural home while eight of their children slept.
A male snow leopard cub called Altai yawns, during his official presentation at the zoo in Berlin, Germany, Friday, July 10, 2009. Altai was born on April 25, 2009.
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New born ostrich chicks walk in their enclosure at Berlin Zoo, July 7, 2009. Six ostriches hatched at the zoo on June 21 and 22.
US actor Robert Redford has married his longterm artist girlfriend Sibylle Szaggars in a luxury hotel in the German city of Hamburg, according to a press report. (Both are pictured in this 2002 photo).
In this photo made Thursday, July 9, 2009, Pet Airways Co-founder Alysa Binder holds her dog, Zoe, in Omaha, Neb. On the first-ever all-pet airline started by Binder and her husband, Dan Wiesel, dogs and cats will fly in the main cabin of a Suburban Air Freight plane, retooled and lined with carriers in place of seats.
In this picture provided by Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Liberty, a male Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, wears a hat and waves an American flag in honor of the Fourth of July at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, Calif. on Friday, July 3, 2009. Liberty, born on July 4, 1990, was named after his birth date, and this year turns 19 the same day the nation marks its 233rd year.
A small tortoise shell butterfly (aglais urticae) feasts on a blossom in a meadow near the Schauinsland mountain in the Black Forest, southern Germany, Monday, June 29, 2009. The weather is warm and sultry.
