Polar bear Gerda cradles her three month old female cub in magical pictures from Novosibirsk Zoo.
Baby lynx is raised by a domestic cat.
Bears and lion move into their new home in Ussuriysk in Russian Far East.
Deadly pesticide used to kill zoo big cat prompting demands for punishment and claims of cover-up.
Thousands had joined petition to stop Shilka the cub being exiled to the other side of the world but she could be gone by end of the month.
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Touching footage as Gerda shows her maternal instincts to care and play with her baby.
Heartbroken zoo keepers said the mating season's attack was 'unprecedented’.