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People bring their Irish draught horses in and out of the parade ring during competition at an agricultural show, in Athenry, Ireland, on May 25, 2025. (Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)

Agricultural Show in Athenry Showcases Irish Draught Horses – Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne, Ireland, on May 25, 2025. (Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)

A seagull holds a plastic bag in its beak as it searches for food in Vannes, Brittany, France on May 28, 2025. (Photo by Stephane Mahe/Reuters)

Seagull Clutches Plastic Bag While Foraging in Vannes, France on May 28, 2025. (Photo by Stephane Mahe/Reuters)

Magalí Maisonnave poses for a photo with her six-year-old dachshund Sandro in their home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 6, 2025. (Photo by Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo)

Magalí Maisonnave Poses with Her Dachshund Sandro in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 6, 2025. (Photo by Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo)

A Muslim pilgrim plays with pigeons outside the Grand Mosque during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Photo by Amr Nabil/AP Photo)

Pilgrim Finds Joy Feeding Pigeons Near Mecca’s Grand Mosque During Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Photo by Amr Nabil/AP Photo)

A woman carries a dog along a flooded highway after heavy rains in Campana, Argentina, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

Woman Carries Dog Through Floodwaters After Heavy Rains in Campana, Argentina, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

A swan and her cygnets held up the traffic in southwest London on June 1, 2025 as they crossed the road to get back to Barnes pond. The swan had seen off passers-by who had got too close to her cygnets. (Photo by Jeremy Selwyn/SelwynPics)

Traffic Halted in London as Protective Swan Escorts Cygnets Across Road (Photo by Jeremy Selwyn/SelwynPics)

Mini pigs rest in the first mini-pig cafe in Ukraine, which was recently opened by a family, who returned to Ukraine after spending two years as refugees in France, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 28, 2025. (Photo by Alina Smutko/Reuters)

Ukrainian Family Opens First Mini-Pig Café in Kyiv After Returning from War Exodus” on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 28, 2025. (Photo by Alina Smutko/Reuters)

People attend the traditional Rapa das Bestas festival in Cedeira, A Coruna, Spain, 01 June 2025. Annually, wild horses are captured in the hills and brought to a farmyard to be branded and have their manes trimmed during the feast. Thousands of people gather to watch young riders tame the horses without using ropes or sticks. (Photo by Kiko Delgado/EPA/EFE)

Spain’s Rapa das Bestas: Young Riders Tame Wild Horses in Ancient Festival, A Coruna, Spain, 01 June 2025. (Photo by Kiko Delgado/EPA/EFE)

Members of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) watch an elephant seal cornered on a street in Gordon's Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. A team of marine wildlife specialists and a city veterinarian sedated the seal and took it back to the ocean. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)

SPCA Monitors as Experts Sedate, Relocate Stray Elephant Seal in South Africa on a street in Gordon’s Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, May 27, 2025.(Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)

Staff from Local Ocean Conservation and fishermen lifting a mature Loggerhead sea turtle into a car, after the turtle was hooked out on the open water and needs to be taken to observation in the rehabilitation centre before being released back into the ocean, in Watamu, Kenya on May 22, 2025. (Photo by Fredrik Lerneryd/AFP Photo)

Fishermen and Conservationists Team Up to Save Hooked Sea Turtle in Watamu, in Watamu, Kenya on May 22, 2025. (Photo by Fredrik Lerneryd/AFP Photo)

Newly qualified police dog hander PC Sophie grooms Rocky, a German shepherd/Belgian Malinois cross, at Greater Manchester Police’s dog training unit on May 27, 2025. GMP have 11 extra dog handlers following a recruitment drive. (Photo by Times photographer James Glossop)

New Police Duo: PC Sophie Bonds with K-9 Partner Rocky in Manchester on May 27, 2025. GMP have 11 extra dog handlers following a recruitment drive. (Photo by Times photographer James Glossop)

A peacock alights next to a pickup truck at Mack's Fish Camp, a family-owned airboat tour business and campground on the Eastern edge of the Everglades, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, near Miramar, Fla. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

Wild Meets Rustic: Peacock Lands at Family-Owned Everglades Campground, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, near Miramar, Fla. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

A wolf pup, found by teams from the Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks, receive treatment in Solhan district of Bingol, Turkiye on May 30, 2025. The pup will be sent back after its treatment completed and join its family. (Photo by Ridvan Korkulutas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

From Treatment to Freedom: Bingöl’s Wolf Pup Prepares for Family Reunion, Turkiye on May 30, 2025. (Photo by Ridvan Korkulutas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Religious faithful cross the Guadalquivir river on their pilgrimage to the El Rocio hermitage, near Aznalcazar, Spain, 03 June 2025. Approximately one million people from across Spain make the journey to pay homage to Our Lady of Rocio each year. (Photo by Jose Manuel Vidal/EPA/EFE)

Faithful Wade Through Guadalquivir River in Annual Rocío Pilgrimage, near Aznalcazar, Spain, 03 June 2025. (Photo by Jose Manuel Vidal/EPA/EFE)

A seagull stealing Pao Duell's burger in Gothenburg, Sweden on June 3, 2025. (Photo by Pao Duell/South West News Service)

Bold Seagull Snatches Tourist’s Burger in Broad Daylight – Gothenburg, Sweden on June 3, 2025. (Photo by Pao Duell/South West News Service)

A bear cub that was found all alone in Los Padres national forest, California, sleeps at a San Diego wildlife centre on May 23, 2025. Biologists hope they can return him to the wilderness next year, provided he can learn to find food, seek shelter and avoid people. (Photo by Action Press via AP Photo)

Orphaned Bear Cub Rescued in California Finds Temporary Home at Wildlife Center on May 23, 2025. (Photo by Action Press via AP Photo)

Vets and wildlife park staff carry out a delicate operation to remove an ingrown toenail from Tschuna, a 17-stone Amur Tiger, at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster, UK on May 28, 2025. The veterinary team at the award-winning park administered a short-lasting anaesthetic to ease the procedure on the 15-year-old. The short operation, which took less than 15 minutes, involved vets clipping off a rogue claw on Tschuna's front left paw to eradicate the risk of infection and remove the discomfort. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Images via Getty Images)

Tschuna’s Toenail Trouble: Award-Winning UK Wildlife Park Handles Delicate Procedure” UK on May 28, 2025. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Images via Getty Images)

Guide dog puppies interact with racegoers wearing big hats at Ascot Racecourse in UK on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, as part of their socialisation training to become comfortable around unusual headwear. (Photo by Kieran Cleeves/PA Media Assignments)

Puppies in Training: Future Guide Dogs Meet Fancy Hats at Royal Ascot in UK on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Photo by Kieran Cleeves/PA Media Assignments)

Tamsyn Walker reacts as she reunites with the family cat Tucan during her visit to their farm for the first time since it flooded on Tuesday, in Ghinni Ghinni, Australia, on May 25, 2025. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Reuters)

Heartwarming Reunion: Woman Embraces Family Cat After Flood Disaster”پ on Tuesday, in Ghinni Ghinni, Australia, on May 25, 2025. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Reuters)

A hummingbird sits on a branch at Catia Lattouf's apartment where Catia holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico on May 20, 2025. (Photo by Raquel Cunha/Reuters)

Urban Oasis: Mexico City Woman Runs Makeshift Hummingbird Clinic in Mexico City, Mexico on May 20, 2025. (Photo by Raquel Cunha/Reuters)

Julia Everson

Julia Everson

Julia is a freelance writer and lifelong learner with an ongoing curiosity to study new things. She enjoys checking out the latest grammar books and writing about video games more than anything else. If she's not running through Colorado’s breathtaking landscape, she's indoors hidden away in her cozy game room trolling noobs and leveling up an RPG character. She is a Final Fantasy IX apologist (although she loves them all… except XV), coffee aficionado, and a bit of a health nut. Julia graduated from Western Kentucky University with a B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Creative Writing.
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