The week in wildlife

Vancouver, Canada: A seal sits on the deck at the Aquarium's marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation programme Photograph: Jeremy Hainsworth/The Canadian Press/AP

Khan Younis, Gaza Strip: A man works in a fish farm project Photograph: Abid Katib/Getty

Portsmouth, UK: A collection of 120 seahorses (hippocampus hippocampus) which have been born at the Blue Reef Aquarium Photograph: Chris Ison/PA

Twycross, UK: An elephant cools down in a pool at the zoo Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters

The rare Blaeberry bumblebee. A bumblebee sanctuary has been set up to help boost numbers of the endangered species. The sanctuary, which is thought to be the first of its kind in the world, is being run by The Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BBCT) and RSPB Scotland Photograph: John Watson/PA

Nuremberg, Germany: A butterfly sits on a blossom Photograph: Timm Schamberger/AFP

Chengdu, China: A newborn panda cub is pictured at the Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Four giant panda cubs were born within 14 hours Photograph: China Daily/Reuters

A peregrine female feeding her chicks. The RSPB have said that the number of crimes reported against birds of prey jumped 40% last year to reach an all-time high Photograph: Chris Gomersall/RSPB/PA

Beijing, China: A rare black swan amongst the reeds of a lake at the Old Summer Palace Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

Minnesota, US: A wild black bear whose head got stuck inside a plastic jug. Wildlife officials tried for six days to capture the bear but ended up killing the animal after it wandered into the city of Frazee Photograph: Adam Guy/Minnesota Dept of Natural Resources/AP

Kenya: A cheetah observes wildebeests during a migration in Masai Mara game reserve Photograph: Radu Sigheti/Reuters

Kolkata, India: A 24-day old giraffe calf and its father at the Alipore zoo Photograph: Bikas Das/AP

Chayouzhongqi, China: Wild horses walk though the Huitengxile wind power plant Photograph: China Photos/Getty