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In Pictures: The world of fur, flippers and feathers in 2021

As the coronavirus pandemic continued to disrupt lives, life in the animal kingdom continued as normal.

PA Reporter
Sunday 02 January 2022 08:18 GMT
Red deer in Richmond Park, south-west London, in January (John Walton/PA)
Red deer in Richmond Park, south-west London, in January (John Walton/PA) (PA Archive)

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2021 was quite a year as pandemic lockdowns and restrictions continued to disrupt lives but in the animal kingdom it was very much business as usual.

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