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.

Sunday 02 January 2022 08:18 GMT

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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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.

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