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In this Wednesday, May 10, 2017, photo provided by the Audubon Nature Institute, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries the Audubon Nature Institute release a rehabilitated sea turtle into Lake Calcasieu in Cameron Parish near Lake Charles, La., nine months after being caught in a shrimper's trawl. (Jonathan Vogel/Audubon Nature Institute via AP)

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In this Wednesday, May 10, 2017, photo provided by the Audubon Nature Institute, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries the Audubon Nature Institute release a rehabilitated sea turtle into Lake Calcasieu in Cameron Parish near Lake Charles, La., nine months after being caught in a shrimper's trawl. (Jonathan Vogel/Audubon Nature Institute via AP)

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This image provided by the Audubon Nature Institute shows the Audubon Zoo’s newest colobus monkey, named, Ua, born on March 13, 2017 in New Orleans. The new arrival is the second offspring of Mandeesa (mother) and Kivuli (father). The birth is part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Colobus Species Survival Plan (SSP), a program to manage a genetically healthy population of black and white colobus monkeys in North American zoos. (Audubon Nature Institute via AP)

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In an undated photo provided by the Audubon Nature Institute, King Zulu, a white Bengal tiger, sits in his enclosure at the Audobon Zoo in New Orleans. Officials with the Audubon Nature Institute said that the 20-year-old male tiger was euthanized Sunday, March 5, 2017, after a "steep decline in health." (Audubon Nature Institute via AP)