Week in wildlife – in pictures: a lazy leopard, a moonwalking elephant and hitchhiking ducklings | Environment

Authorities try to persuade Emerson, a 500lb elephant seal in Victoria, Canada, to move along. Emerson had previously been relocated 126 miles away from Victoria, ‘far from human habitation’, for his own safety. But less than a week later, he made an epic trek along the coast of Vancouver Island back to the city, a return that has left conservation officers in disbelief