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Some cute animal pics
Scrappy the crabby tabby: Unimpressed that veterinarian Dr. Elisabetta Coletti makes house calls, Scrappy Daphne takes refuge under a cabinet in the New York home of Carrie Dirks Amodeo. The good doctor was able to extract the cat to give her a physical.
Not one to stand on ceremony - but certainly one to stand on little girls - Lancelot explores Paola's bed at SOLCA hospital in Quito. The cocker spaniel visits young cancer patients every Wednesday to cheer them up. Ecuadoran doctors found that being with Lancelot and other dogs makes youngsters' adrenaline levels rise, boosting their resistance to chemotherapy's side effects.
Teasing the dog: A brush removes any last-minute tangles in a collie's coat at a kennel club show in Leipzig, Germany.
Photo: Hendrik Schmidt, AFP/Getty Images / SF
Photo: Dolores Ochoa, Associated Press / SF
