The week in wildlife

Magangue municipality, Colombia: 3,500 hicotea turtles - also known as Galapagos turtles - were seized from a cargo ship in Colombia. Hicotea turtle meat is highly prized in the country, despite being banned Photograph: Armada Nacional/AFP

Sunderbans, India: forest workers watch as a rescued tiger leaps into the river Sundarikati after being released from a cage. The pregnant tiger had strayed nearly 30km from its forest habitat, and was rescued by the forest workers after being stoned and beaten by villagers Photograph: Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP

New York, US: Mao Mi, a red panda that has just arrived at the Prospect Park zoo in Brooklyn from his former home at the Binder Park zoo in Michigan Photograph: Julie Larsen Maher/World Conservation Society/AP

An x-ray of a severely injured swan which was shot by an airgun. The RSPCA has reported that more animals are becoming the victims of airgun attacks Photograph: RSPCA/PA

Athens, Greece: an African grey crowned crane in the snow at Attica zoo Photograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPA

Vivorata, Argentina: a spider sits on a wet web Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

Zurich, Switzerland: a Pallas's cat - also known as a manul, sits in the city zoo. Pallas's cats are about the same size as domestic cats but look larger due to their stocky build and long hair Photograph: Alessandro Della Bella/EPA

Zurich, Switzerland: three young Cape Barren geese, native to southern Australia, eat salad at the city zoo Photograph: Alessandro Della Bella/EPA

Colombo, Sri Lanka: mahouts - elephant drivers - dress up an elephant for a Buddhist procession at a park in the city Photograph: Eranga Jayawardena/AP

Lebanon: sheep on a truck passing along the Daher Al Baydar road from Beirut to Damascus Photograph: Nabil Mounzer/EPA

Paris, France: Kibongo, a crowned verreauxi sifakas, a baby lemur. It was born at the Vincennes zoo on December 24 last year Photograph: F G Grandin/AFP