With cities on lockdown, animals are finding more room to roam

Mountain goats roam the quiet streets of Llandudno, Wales, on March 31. "They sometimes come to the foot of the Great Orme in March, but this year they are all wandering the streets in town as there are no cars or people," said Mark Richards of the hotel Landsdowne House.

Tens of thousands of flamingoes have flocked to Mumbai, India, this spring. The birds traditionally migrate to the area from September to the end of May, according to Rahul Khot, assistant director at the Bombay Natural History Society. But Khot expects this year's total to set a new record. And it's not just the huge number of birds that's attracting attention. They have also spread to wetlands where they were previously a rarity, Khot said.

A red fox checks out a pizza box on a promenade in Ashkelon, Israel, on April 17. A family of foxes has become a regular feature in the city, Reuters reported, coming out of the desert to explore empty streets.

Lions take a cat nap on a normally busy road in South Africa's Kruger National Park on April 15. "Lying on the road during the daytime is unusual, because under normal circumstances there would be traffic and that pushes them into the bush," park spokesman Isaac Phaahla told CNN.

A man feeds deer at the Harold Hill housing estate in Romford, England, on April 3.

A dolphin swims in the Bosphorus near Istanbul on April 26. Dolphins aren't normally spotted this close to the shoreline. Because of the city's lockdown, there has been less maritime traffic and a ban on fishing.

Ducks walk in an area of Paris that was deserted and without cars on April 15.

Newly hatched sea turtles make their way to the water at a beach in Thailand's Phanga Nga district on March 27. Some Thai beaches have seen the largest number of turtle nests in two decades, according to Kanokwan​ Homcha-ai, a supervisor at the Mai​ Khao Marine Turtle​ Foundation.

Fox cubs venture out from their den under a popular boardwalk in Toronto on April 22.

Sika deer stand at the entrance to a restaurant in Nara, Japan, on March 12. Sika deer have always roamed the city's parks, but there have been reports that they've been branching out to residential areas in search of more food.

A wild boar and two piglets roam a neighborhood in Haifa, Israel, on April 11.

Monkeys are seen near the Prang Sam Yod temple in Lopburi, Thailand, on March 17. The monkeys live at the temple and interact with tourists, but a recent monkey brawl caught on video might suggest that resources are now scarce, ecologist Asmita Sengupta told The New York Times.

Donkeys stand outside an ATM in Allahabad, India, on April 10.

A coyote stands by a roadside near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge on April 7.

A puma is seen in the empty streets of Santiago, Chile, on March 24. Several pumas have been spotted in Santiago recently, and they've had to be captured and relocated.

A red-tailed hawk feasts on a pigeon in New York's Central Park on March 25.