Two monkeys are observed by visitors on a sunny and warm spring day at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen
Zoo visitor Anna watches polar bear Milana playing in her pool with a plastic canister at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany
An elephant is painted in celebration of the Songkran water festival in Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, on April 11, 2017
An elephant sprays tourists with water in celebration of the Songkran Water Festival in Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, on April 11, 2017
A Thai mahout paints an elephant in celebration of the Songkran water festival in Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, on April 11, 2017
Elephants spray tourists with water in celebration of the Songkran Water Festival in Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, on April 11, 2017
With assist from its mahouts, elephants blow water from its trunk to tourists on motor-tricycle or Tuk Tuk at Songkran or ancient Thai New Year celebration in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand, on April 11, 2017
A crocodile rests under the shade of a tree.
A Hippopotamus cools itself under water for most of the day at the zoo enclosure.
An inactive Leopard cub rests in its cage. Despite an early arrival of the heat wave this year, many locations such as Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have already recorded their highest temperatures of the year yet.
A White Tiger stays submerged in an enclosed water tank at the Delhi Zoological Gardens.
Monkeys playing in the water channel.
Despite a brief respite from the heat as isolated thunderstorms hit Delhi recently, animals at the Delhi Zoological Gardens hit the water to cool off as average temperatures are expected to stay elevated at one degree above normal in Delhi. Seen above is a Royal Bengal tiger wading through water in its enclosure.
But on the other hand, tiger deaths have also steadily gone up in India in recent years. In 2015 National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change officials reported 80 tiger deaths, and 78 in the previous year.
Facing extensive health dangers from diseases such as canine distemper spread by stray dogs from villages close to sanctuaries, scientific studies show 17 tigers died due to infighting and 18 were reported to have been found dead, with cause of death unknown this year, according to Wildlife Protection Society Of India records.
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