51.   Wildlife officers used tranquilizer darts to subdue the crocodile after it was found on a riverbank near Bamaga, located on the tropical northeast tip of Australia.

52.   Wildlife officer Joe Jaquith put the cub into a cage at a veterinary clinic and drove the bear to be taken to a state shelter.

53.   Wildlife officers are trying to decide whether koalas are too cute to shoot.

54.   Wildlife officers on Thursday began releasing penguins back into Tasmanian waters after cleaning them of oil spilled from the shipwrecked BHP ore carrier Iron Baron.

55.   Wildlife officers said one female elephant was later found dead, apparently from hunger.

56.   Wildlife officers said they had found the charred remains of dozens of rare animals in a blackened national park.

57.   Wildlife officers used a helicopter Wednesday to set traps to catch the wolves.

58.   Wildlife officers used tranquilizer darts to subdue the reptile after it was found on a riverbank near the town on the tropical northeast tip of Australia.

59.   Worried they might also die in pounding surf, wildlife officers checked them into a nearby hotel swimming pool where they recuperated in its clean, still saltwater.

60.   Before setting it free, wildlife officers gave the mammal a shot of antibiotics and took a blood sample.