A cat crosses a police cordon in the village of Oia on Santorini island, Greece, 05 February 2025. Due to a wave of seismic activity near Santorini, the municipality advised the emptying of water from swimming pools, banned all construction work and forbid access to the Athinio port, except when ships are docking. More than ten earthquakes exceeding magnitude 4.0 jolted the region since 04 February 2025. (Photo by Orestis Panagiotou/EPA/EFE)





Heather Helmer poses for photographs with Trumpet, a bloodhound, after Trumpet won best in show at the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, June 22, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (Photo by Frank Franklin II/AP Photo)





President of the Westminster Kennel Club Donald Sturz shows Fiona, his pet pekingese, during an interview with The Associated Press at The New Yorker hotel, Thursday, January 30, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)





Giraffes groom at the Nairobi National Park, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) in Nairobi, Kenya on January 31, 2025. (Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)





Holding a one-month old goat he brought with him, Ryan Wesley reacts to a play that went against the Kansas City Chiefs during the Super Bowl 59 watch party at the Power and Light District, Sunday, February 9, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (Photo by Reed Hoffmann/AP Photo)





A Model walks the runway during the Pet Couturier Anthony Rubio show Fall/Winter 2025 Canine Couture during New York Fashion Week in New York on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Kena Betancur/AFP Photo)





Bank mynas look out of a hole in the wall near the Pong wetland, which hosts thousands of migratory birds in winter months, in Nagrota Suriyan, Himachal Pradesh state, India, Thursday, January 23, 2025. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Michael Olivant, a Times reader, saw a chance to contribute when a Dalmatian pelican landed on his wife’s head at Lake Kerkini in northern Greece in the first decade of February 2025. (Photo by Michael Olivant/The Times)





Highland cattle are paraded in the show ring at the 134th annual spring show and sale on February 09, 2025 in Oban, Scotland. The Highland Cattle Show and Sale is held over two days and is open to all highland breed enthusiasts, attracting many buyers from across Europe and North America. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)





Storks are perched on an electricity pylon at the Tovlan landfill in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank on February 5, 2025. (Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP Photo)





Picture dated February 7th, 2025 shows a squirrel that has made it home in a woodpeckers box in King's Lynn, Norfolk, UK. (Photo by Julie Smart/Bav Media)





An avalanche dog, rescuers and trackers take part in a search and rescue exercise for avalanche victims in the French Alps ski resort of La Rosiere, south-eastern France, on February 4, 2025. (Photo by Olivier Chassignole/AFP Photo)





A flamingo is seen with its wings spread as other flamingos are feeding in the inner bay of Izmir, Turkiye on February 05, 2025. Some of the flamingos, whose habitat is the Gediz Delta in Izmir, head to the inner bay in search of food during the winter months and continue to feed in the inner bay throughout the day. Flamingos move in the shallow waters of Izmir Bay to find food during the winter months, come to areas such as Alsancak Port and Meles Delta in the inner gulf and approach the city center. (Photo by Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu via Getty Images)





AJ Dereume holds up groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, as he makes his prediction on how long winter will last, during the Groundhog Day festivities, at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on February 2, 2025. (Photo by Alan Freed/Reuters)





Storks and Black Kite gather over recyclable material at the Tovlan landfill in the Jordan Valley, in the West Bank, on February 05, 2025. (Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP Photo)