Pictures of the Week: July 23 – 29, 2005

Bear Necessities
Veterinarians of the Chengdu Asia Black Bear Rescue Center give a medical check to a Himalayan brown bear at a temple in Sichuan Province, China. The Tibetan temple had bought two bears from traffickers to turn them over to the center, which is Asia's largest, and has saved more than 100 black bears, according to its sponsor, the Animals Asia Foundation