Wild dog rescue, polka-dot zebra & some of the best wildlife photos of the year

[View this email in your browser]( From a cheetah trapped in a tussle with a pack of wild dogs to a weevil taken over by a zombie fungus to a raccoon poking its head out of the broken windscreen of an abandoned car, the shortlisted images in the 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition are awe-inspiring, enlightening and, in some cases, devastating. [Read more]( HIGHLIGHTS [rhino]( South Africa's Kruger Park gets gunshot detection technology South Africa's Kruger National Park recently acquired a new tool in the fight against rhino poaching: gunshot detection technology. [Read more]( [lions attack dummies at Longleat Safari Park]( Lions maul dummies in 1987 safari park safety video In 1987, the BBC published a video segment to deter safari park visitors from breaking the rules in the lion enclosure. The clip is both hilarious & horrifying. [Watch now]( FEATURED VIDEO [Porcupine Chased Into Sea By Poachers]( Porcupine Chased Into Sea By Poachers While filming on a beach in Mozambique, the Earth Touch crew is confronted by a very strange sight: a lone porcupine appears suddenly on the beach and stumbles into the waves. [VOD]( WATCH THIS Cheetah: Price of Speed The trials and tribulations of a cheetah mother highlight the refined hunting system of this svelte cat – but they also shed light on the weaknesses within the species itself. [Watch now]( Lost Lagoon An estuary on one of Africa's wildest coastlines has existed in seclusion for centuries, life in its waterways uninterrupted. But now, humans have begun to settle on its tender shores. [Watch now]( IMAGE OF THE WEEK [Gorilla punching photographer]( Happy World Gorilla Day! Back in 2015, photographer Christophe Courteau was taking snaps of mountain gorillas in the forest of Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park when the group's 250kg alpha male charged at him out of the blue. [(Full story here.)]( AROUND THE GLOBE [Wild dog rescue]( South Africa: Wild dog rescue A team from Manyoni Private Game Reserve pulled off a dramatic rescue recently that involved crawling into a warthog burrow to save an injured wild dog. [Watch now]( [Deepstaria jellyfish]( Pacific Ocean: Are you ready for this jelly? A team aboard a research vessel could barely contain themselves when a shapeshifting jellyfish emerged from the depths to put on a ghostly display. [Watch now]( [Black zebra foal]( Kenya: Rare polka-dot zebra An odd-coloured zebra foal with a brown coat and white polka dots was recently spotted in the Maasai Mara. Here's why this little guy is sporting spots instead of stripes. [Read more]( [bobcat pull quote]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Website]( Copyright © 2019 Earth Touch News Network, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](