A judge in action as he scores a pigeon at the British Homing World show in Blackpool, Britain, January 14, 2022. (Photo by Carl Recine/Reuters)
A marine iguana sits on a rock in a recreational area of Santa Cruz Island, after Ecuador announced the expansion of a marine reserve that will encompass 198,000 square kilometres (around 76,448 square miles), in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, January 16, 2022. (Photo by Santiago Arcos/Reuters)
A cat jumps from the advertising board during the UEFA Cup final soccer match between Werder Bremen and Shakthar Donetsk at Sukru Saracoglu stadium in Istanbul on May 20, 2009. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
Britain’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, watched by her husband Britain’s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, holds a therapy puppy, before unveiling it’s name, Alfie, to members of staff during their visit to Clitheroe Community Hospital in north east England on January 20, 2022. The puppy, funded through the hospital charity ELHT&Me using a grant from NHS Charities Together, will be used to support the wellbeing of staff and patients at the hospital. (Photo by James Glossop/Pool via AFP Photo)
Alia Obaid, 8, from Madinat Zayed has a great love for falcons, and trains with them often at Al Dhafra Festival, Abu Dhabi on January 13, 2022. (Photo by Khushnum Bhandari/The National)
Rudi, a Spotted Bengal cat is held by his owner before being judged at the 46th Championship Short Haired Cat Society Show, organised by the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy at the Sports Connexion in Coventry, Britain, January 15, 2022. (Photo by Hannah McKay/Reuters)
A woman and her dog attend a mass at San Anton Church to mark the feast day of San Anton, Spain’s patron saint of animals, in downtown Madrid, Spain, 17 January 2022. (Photo by David Fernandez/EPA/EFE)
A rare snowy owl perches on a bald eagle flag pole topper in front of Union Station in Washington, Thursday, January 13, 2022. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Golden brown retriever: Darwin the sniffer dog stands proud with 33kg of drugs he found in Atacama, Chile on January 19, 2022. Two foreigners were arrested in connection with the bust. (Photo by Atacama Region Carabineros)
A whale swims past a surfer along the coastline near Encinitas, California, U.S., January 11, 2022 . (Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters)
A man performs stunts with Gangireddu, a sacred decorated bull, as a part of the annual Makar Sankranti festival in Hyderabad, India, Friday, January 14, 2022. The festival marks the return of the sun to the northern hemisphere. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)