An Embera Indigenous woman washes dishes in the Tuquesa River in Bajo Chiquito, Darien province, Panama, where migrants pass through on their journey north, Thursday, October 5, 2023. (Photo by Arnulfo Franco/AP Photo)





A veterinary holds one of seven griffon vultures as he attaches a tracking device to monitor their progress as part of an effort by Cypriot authorities to replenish the diminishing domestic vulture population, in the village of Korfi near southern city of Limassol, on Thursday, September 28, 2023. Wildlife authorities and conservationists in Cyprus on Friday released seven imported griffon vultures to the wild after implanting tracking devices in hopes of ensuring the survival of the birds that are threatened with extinction on the island nation. (Photo by Petros Karadjias/AP Photo)





A soldier trains Belgian Malinois puppies at the Mexican Army and Air Force Canine Production Center in San Miguel de los Jagueyes, Mexico, Tuesday, September 26, 2023. Basic training ends when they are four months old, when they move to military units where they will become specialists on drug or explosives detection, searching, rescue, or protection and security. (Photo by Eduardo Verdugo/AP Photo)





A boy pushes a goat after it came in the way of a street cricket match in Mumbai, India on September 21, 2023. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A person stands with a group of swans on the bank of the River Thames with the City of London financial district in the distance on October 3, 2023. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/AFP Photo)





A person holds their pet for the Blessing of the Animals during the St. Francis Day Service at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City on October 01, 2023. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz/AFP Photo)





A Catholic priest sprinkles holy water on parishioners who attend a mass to bless their pets at the Church of San Jose in front of Bolivar Square in the Chacao neighborhood during World Animal Day in Caracas on October 4, 2023. (Photo by Yuri Cortez/AFP Photo)





A researcher holds a Coqui Guajon or Rock Frog (Eleutherodactylus cooki) at a tropical forest in Patillas, Puerto Rico on March 21, 2013. A study published Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in the journal Nature has found that amphibians are the world's most threatened group of vertebrate species. (Photo by Ricardo Arduengo/AP Photo)





Visitors watch Giant panda Mei Xiang as he eats bamboo in his enclosure at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, Thursday, September 28, 2023. (Photo by Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)





Reverend Peter Wall blesses a hamster during “The Blessing of Animals” at St. James Cathedral in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on September 30, 2023. (Photo by Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) are seen on the bank of the Pinheiros River in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on August 3, 2023. The Pinheiros River, which runs through the heart of Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, was until recently unsuitable for animal life. Today, after three years of work to reduce water pollution, the state of São Paulo says it has achieved its goals, but environmental NGOs say the pollution levels in the river and its tributaries are still too high. (Photo by Nelson Almeida/AFP Photo)





Aerial view of a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) stranded alive and very weakened on Morro das Pedras beach in the south of the city of Florianopolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, taken on October 1, 2023. (Photo by Anderson Coelho/AFP Photo)





A dog on a leash walks past a group of Armenian police officers sitting on a bench as they keep watch near the government building during an opposition rally demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Pashinyan due to the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis, in downtown Yerevan, Armenia on September 30, 2023. Azerbaijan on 19 September 2023 launched a brief military offensive on the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway enclave that is home to some 120,000 ethnic Armenians. Following a ceasefire agreed on 20 September 2023, Azerbaijan opened all checkpoints with Armenia for the unimpeded exit of civilians from the disputed territory. The Armenian government announced the evacuation of more than 100,000 local residents from Nagorno-Karabakh, and a humanitarian center has been set up in the village of Kornidzor near the so-called Lachin corridor, the main route between Armenia and the breakaway region. (Photo by Anatoly Maltsev/EPA/EFE)





Sea lions rest on a floating dock in a Pacific Ocean marine area which is part of the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary along California’s Central Coast, on September 21, 2023 near Avila Beach, California. The sanctuary would be the first national marine sanctuary in the country nominated by an Indigenous tribe and will protect ocean ecosystems, marine life and cultural sites while prohibiting energy development. Tribal members of the Chumash would also co-steward the 5,617-square-mile area with 134 miles of coastline as part of the Biden administration’s America the Beautiful conservation efforts to restore 30 percent of waters and lands in the U.S. by 2030. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)





Dogs and humans greet each other at Strutz, a canine charity fashion show in aid of The Cinnamon Trust, which cares for elderly people and their pets, in Chelsea, London, Britain on September 30, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Coombs/Reuters)





An owner helps his dog exit the water during the 2023 Saltdean Lido Dog Swim event, in the coastal village of Saltdean, near Brighton, southern England, on September 24, 2023. Known as “Dogtember” Salt Dean Lido open their doors to dogs and their owners to enjoy the water before closing for the season. (Photo by Ben Stansall/AFP Photo)





A child dressed up in a robe, like Saint Francis of Assisi, looks on dogs waiting to receive a blessing during Saint Francis of Assisi celebrations, in a church in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 4, 2023. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)





Chad Kremer, the Bison Herd Manager for Custer State Park, cracks his whip helping run the bison down a hill during the 58th annual Custer Buffalo Roundup on Friday, September 29, 2023, at Custer State Park in Custer, S.D. Cowboys and cowgirls in South Dakota are rounding up a herd of more than 1,500 bison, sometimes called buffalos in the U.S, as part of an annual effort to maintain the health of the once-threatened species. (Photo by Matt Gade/Rapid City Journal via AP Photo)





Rico Luginbuehl drives 77 alpacas and llamas during the “Alpabzug” from the Griesalp area back into the valley in Kiental, Switzerland, 30 September 2023. In Autumn, the alpacas and llamas descend from the alpine pastures to lower grounds. (Photo by Peter Schneider/EPA)





Researchers from the Mamiraua Institute for Sustainable Development recover a dead dolphin from Tefe Lake, which flows into the Solimoes River, affected by high temperatures and drought in Tefe, Amazonas state, Brazil on October 3, 2023. (Photo by Bruno Kelly/Reuters)