Arielle Poodelle, a standard poodle takes her place with members of Santa Cruz Ballet Theater during her audition for the part of the dog of the court for the company's production of 'Giselle'. Photo by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| A great blue heron lifts off from lLighthouse Field in Santa Cruz, California as the field's namesake Mark Abbott Lighthouse is visible in a break in the trees.
Photograph by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| In a scene that has been repeated since the dawn of the adversarily relationship between rodents and felines, a mouse scampers past a cat in Santa Cruz enroute to the safety of a drainpipe. The mouse escaped unharmed. Photo by Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| Archie, an American Eskimo breed, peruses the vittles at Moon Doggies, a delicatessen for canines, where he and his owner Rameena Maragoluf are daily customers. Photo by Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| A flock of seagulls lifts off from Seacliff State Beach. Photo by Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| Donna may be an 800 pound African elephant, but that doesn't mean the Oakland Zoo pachaderm doesn't appreciate the gentle massage of Elke Riesterer. Photo: Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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A lone horse is silhouetted by a dramatic bank of clouds as a stormfront arrives in Corralitos. Photo by Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| A flock of birds fly past the crescent moon near twilight over Santa Cruz, California.
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| Mele, a chihuahua-terrier mix stands guard on a Roaring Camp Big Trees Railroad engine. Mele comes to work with Roaring Camp's owner Georgiana Clark Photograph by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| Late afternoon reflections silhouette at bird at Schwans Lagoon.
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| An unleashed dog romps on Its Beach in Santa Cruz, Calfiornia at daybreak. Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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