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Humans and Animals

Humans and Animals: Exploring Our Connection

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Britain's King Charles watches a sheep being sheared as he visits Campbeltown Farmers' Market at Campbeltown Heritage Centre, as part of his trip to Scotland for Holyrood Week, in Campbeltown, Scotland, Britain on July 3, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/Pool via Reuters)

Britain’s King Charles observes sheep shearing during a visit to Campbeltown Farmers’ Market at the Campbeltown Heritage Centre. The stop was part of his Holyrood Week tour of Scotland on July 3, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/Pool via Reuters)

A carriage horse drinks some water as it stands on Michaelerplatz during a heat wave in Vienna, Austria on July 2, 2025. (Photo by Lisa Leutner/Reuters)

A carriage horse cools off with a drink on Michaelerplatz during a Vienna heatwave, Austria, July 2, 2025. (Photo by Lisa Leutner/Reuters)

Revelers run with bulls from Fuente Ymbro ranch during the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermín fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Monday, July 7, 2025. (Photo by Miguel Oses/AP Photo)

Daredevils sprint alongside bulls from Fuente Ymbro ranch during the opening day of the San Fermín festival’s iconic running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, on July 7, 2025. (Photo by Miguel Oses/AP Photo)

A mysterious bright green pigeon in the first decade of July 2025 has been spotted in Northampton, UK, and has become an immediate TikTok star. (Photo by Robin Hickmott/South West News Service)

A rare bright green pigeon spotted in Northampton, UK, has taken TikTok by storm after its mysterious appearance in early July 2025. (Photo by Robin Hickmott/South West News Service)

A veterinarian bottle-feeds an orphaned brown bear cub at the Ovakorusu Celal Acar Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Bursa's Karacabey district, Turkiye, on June 19, 2025. The cubs, named “Bulut” and “Yagmur”, were found in rural areas of Karabuk and Bingol and are now being cared for at the facility. (Photo by Sergen Sezgin/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A veterinarian tenderly bottle-feeds an orphaned brown bear cub at the Ovakorusu Celal Acar Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Bursa’s Karacabey district, Türkiye, on June 19, 2025. The cubs, named Bulut (Cloud) and Yağmur (Rain), were rescued from rural areas of Karabük and Bingöl and are now receiving care at the facility.(Photo by Sergen Sezgin/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Olha holds her cat Alisa in front of her apartment building, damaged during Russian drone and missile strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine on July 10, 2025. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)

Olha cradles her cat Alisa outside their damaged apartment building in Kyiv, struck during Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine. July 10, 2025. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)

A cyclist transports her dog in a basket through the streets of central London on Thursday, July 3, 2025. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

A cyclist carries her dog in a wicker basket while riding through central London on July 3, 2025.(Photo by Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

The cat named “Zeytin”, who lost her right eye and suffered fractures in her spine after being hit by a car 4 years ago in Bursa, starts to take steps again with physical therapy and exercises in Ankara, Turkiye on July 3, 2025. Veterinary technician Yagmur Denli said "Zeytin," adopted after a traffic accident, had her right eye removed and began intensive therapy. Her recovery was aided by regular exercises and dedicated care from her owners. (Photo by Evrim Aydin/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Zeytin the cat, who lost an eye and suffered spinal fractures in a Bursa car accident four years ago, takes her first steps again through physical therapy in Ankara – July 3, 2025. Veterinary technician Yagmur Denli credits the recovery to intensive therapy and devoted care from adoptive owners. (Photo by Evrim Aydin/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Britain's King Charles watches a sheep being sheared as he visits Campbeltown Farmers' Market at Campbeltown Heritage Centre, as part of his trip to Scotland for Holyrood Week, in Campbeltown, Scotland, Britain on July 3, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/Pool via Reuters)

A majestic horse on display at the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate, UK, on July 9, 2025. The flagship agricultural event is set to draw 140,000 visitors during its four-day run. (Photo by Andrew McCaren/London News Pictures)

A woman with a bull during the opening day of the Great Yorkshire Show at the Showground in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Wire)

A woman interacts with a bull on opening day of the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate, UK – July 8, 2025. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Wire)

A brazen robin uses a bottle of ketchup as a perch to look for scraps of food at St Brides Inn in Little Haven, Pembrokeshire, UK in the first decade of July 2025. (Photo by Brian Matthews/Solent News & Photo Agency)

A bold robin perches atop a ketchup bottle, scanning for food scraps outside St Brides Inn in Little Haven, Pembrokeshire, UK, in early July 2025. (Photo by Brian Matthews/Solent News & Photo Agency)

Young visitors react as they choose kittens for adoption during the “Adopt me days” festival in Kyiv on July 5, 2025, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. More than 500 cats and dogs, mainly evacuated from the battlefields territories and placed in Kyiv and the region shelters, were presented for adoption. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP Photo)

Young visitors delight in choosing kittens during Kyiv’s ‘Adopt Me Days’ festival on July 5, 2025. Over 500 rescued animals – mostly cats and dogs evacuated from war zones – found new homes at the event held amid Russia’s ongoing invasion.(Photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP Photo)

Yareli Avendano, “godmother” to a female caiman named “princess girl” Miguelana Estela del Mar Zavaleta Ramirez, a reptile that closely resembles an alligator, dresses the reptile in a wedding dress before a symoblic marriage between the reptile and San Pedro Huamelula mayor Daniel Gutierrez Pena, which is rooted in more than 230 years of tradition and joins two of Oaxaca state's indigenous cultures, the Chontal and the Huave, to plead for nature's bounty, in San Pedro Huamelula, Mexico, on June 30, 2025. (Photo by Raquel Cunha/Reuters)

Yareli Avendano, godmother to caiman ‘Princess Girl Miguelana Estela del Mar Zavaleta Ramirez,’ dresses the reptile in a wedding gown for its symbolic marriage to San Pedro Huamelula Mayor Daniel Gutierrez Peña. This 230-year-old tradition unites Oaxaca’s Chontal and Huave indigenous cultures to honor nature’s bounty. San Pedro Huamelula, Mexico – June 30, 2025.(Photo by Raquel Cunha/Reuters)

Citizens who find weak or injured baby animals in nature bring them to the Dicle Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center for treatment, which is established through a collaboration between the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks (DKMP) and Dicle University, in Diyarbakir, Turkiye on June 17, 2025, (Photo by Bestami Bodruk/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Rescued wildlife find care at Dicle Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Diyarbakır, Türkiye (June 17, 2025). Established through a partnership between Dicle University and Turkey’s General Directorate of Nature Conservation (DKMP), the center treats injured or vulnerable animals brought in by citizens. (Photo by Bestami Bodruk/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A reporter points their microphone at Larry the Cat, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, as Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets French President Emmanuel Macron at 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Photo by Alberto Pezzali/AP Photo)

Larry the Cat, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, attracts media attention as Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts French President Emmanuel Macron at 10 Downing Street. London, July 9, 2025.(Photo by Alberto Pezzali/AP Photo)

A woylie, or brush-tailed bettong, springs away as it is released into the wild in Western Australia’s wheatbelt region on July 7, 2025. (Photo by South West News Service)

A woylie (brush-tailed bettong) leaps to freedom upon release in Western Australia’s wheatbelt region – July 7, 2025. (Photo by South West News Service)

Larry the Cat sits near a McLaren F1 car, on the day of a reception to celebrate 75 years of Formula 1, at Downing Street in London, Britain, on July 2, 2025. (Photo by Jaimi Joy/Reuters)

Larry the Cat surveys a McLaren F1 car during Downing Street’s 75th anniversary Formula 1 celebration. London, July 2, 2025.(Photo by Jaimi Joy/Reuters)

Lefty Holman, of Visalia, Calif., rides Crocket during saddle bronc rodeo action at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Photo by Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP Photo)

Lefty Holman from Visalia, California, competes in saddle bronc riding aboard Crocket at the Calgary Stampede in Alberta on July 6, 2025. (Photo by Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP Photo)

A little girl watches veterinarian workers examining a kitten before adoption during the “Adopt me days” festival in Kyiv on July 5, 2025, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. More than 500 cats and dogs, mainly evacuated from the battlefields territories and placed in Kyiv and the region shelters, were presented for adoption. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP Photo)

A young girl watches as veterinarians examine a kitten at Kyiv’s ‘Adopt Me Days’ festival (July 5, 2025). Over 500 rescued cats and dogs—many evacuated from war zones—found new homes despite the ongoing Russian invasion.(Photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP Photo)

Runners get pinned down as a bull charges during the second running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on July 8, 2025. Thousands of people every year attend the week-long festival and its famous “encierros” or bull runs, every day at 8:00 a.m. through the narrow streets of the old town over an 850 meters (yard) course while runners ahead of them try to stay close to the bulls without falling over or being gored. (Photo by Cesar Manso/AFP Photo)

Runners scramble for safety as a bull charges during the second encierro of Pamplona’s San Fermín festival on July 8, 2025. The daily 8:00 a.m. runs attract thousands to navigate 850 meters of narrow streets alongside the animals.(Photo by Cesar Manso/AFP Photo)

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.