
 Lioness with cub, National reserve Pilanesberg,  South Africa  
 photo credit: Gabriela Stebler
 In this picture  a cub rubs her mother's neck, begging for milk. 

 Elephants in Corbett National Park, India  
  photo credit: Yagdip Rajput
 Always nice to see how such a large  animal like an elephant cares and  protects her cubs. 

 Mountain gorillas, national parks of Rwanda.  
  photo credit: Rita Summers
 A small mountain gorilla, sucking his   mothers thumb 

 Polar bears in  Vapusk, Manitoba, Canada  
  photo credit: Howard Ruby 
 "One reason why people like polar bears,  is because of the tender relationship between mother and cub. 

 Brown Bears Lake Clark, Alaska  
 photo credit:  Rick Rasmussen
 "The rain was falling and a curious kid looks out  from behind his mother.  

 Sea Lions, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands  
 photo credit: Eddie Schermerhorn 
 “I had been crawling around in  the sand trying to get a good angle for a shot, when this scene fell  into place.   

 The deer in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia  
 photo credit: Wil Hershberger
 Fawn jumping on his back mother to  get a better look, who's coming down the hill.  

 Bald eagles, Katmai, Alaska  
 photo credit:  John Hunter
  "Hiding on a nearby cliff pays off with this a touching  snapshot of a mother, feeding their chicks. 

 A mother cheetah and cubs in the Masai Mara, Kenya   
 photo credit: Eberhard Brunner
  Patence pays off in this image  of female cheetah guarding her cubs. 

 The baboons in the Selinda Reserve, Botswana   
 photo credit: Adrian Beeyli
 "A family of baboons, happily courting  each other on the island of Palm.