Pigeon fancier Anatoliy Seliverstov, 67, feeds pigeons inside his dovecote in Moscow, Russia on August 1, 2023. Pigeon keeping was once widespread in the Soviet Union and a dovecote could be found in almost every Moscow courtyard. However, the urban landscape of the Russian capital changed a lot since then, pigeon houses decreased in number as breeders, mostly elderly people, face pressure from the authorities with land price being extremely high in Moscow. Still the difficulties do not weaken the resolve of Anatoliy Seliverstov, Vitaliy Yazykov, Yuriy Shmelev and other like-minded pigeon fanciers, who retain their much-loved hobby through life. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





This photo provided by Red Antler Processing shows the alligator sport hunting team made up of, from left, Tanner White, tag-holder Donald Woods, Will Thomas and Joey Clark as they hoist, with the help of a forklift, the longest alligator officially harvested in Mississippi, Saturday, August 26, 2023, at Red Antler Processing in Yazoo City, Miss. The male alligator weighed 802.5 pounds and measured 14 feet, 3 inches long, and its length broke the state record as the longest alligator ever caught, according to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. (Phoot by Shane Smith/Red Antler Processing via AP Photo)





Ajabu the gorilla pulling funny faces while drinking water at Prague Zoo in the last decade of August 2023. (Photo by Lucie Stepnickova/Caters News Agency)





Bernard Mwololo feeds chickens at the Nyumbani Children's Home in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, August 15, 2023. Benard has lived most of his life at the orphanage after his parents died of AIDS, he's now an HIV activist and believes he is only alive because of the anti-retroviral drugs that PEPFAR supplies. A U.S. foreign aid program that officials say has saved 25 million lives in Africa and elsewhere is being threatened by some Republicans who fear program funding might go to organizations that promote abortion. (Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)





An elephant keeper feeds the elephant “Madhubala” at the Karachi Zoo, in Karachi, Pakistan, 30 August 2023. Zoo elephant Madhubala has shown signs of immense stress and weakness after months of solitary existence in a barren enclosure since the loss of her long-time partner, Noor Jehan, in April. The elephant displayed abnormal behavior such as hitting her head against the enclosure's iron bars and has visibly suffered from weight loss. After concerns were raised about Madhubala's welfare by animal rights organizations, the ailing elephant will be relocated to a new sanctuary in September. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE)





Lubov Jarova holds her dog, Peremoha (victory), as she walks among the rubble of a school in the frontline town of Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, 07 September 2023, amid the Russian invasion. The school was operating as a center for distribution of humanitarian aid until the premises were hit by two consecutive air strikes. Lubov says that her dog saved her life. Following the first strike, she ran after it outside the school when the second strike happened, destroying the building and killing seven people. Today Lubov lives in Zaporizhzhia, around 65 kilometers north-west, and she occasionally brings humanitarian aid to her hometown of Orikhiv, located less than 10 kilometers from the nearest Russian army position. Before the war, Orikhiv had a population of over 14,000. The town is currently home to around 700 people, witnessing daily attacks from Russian forces. (Photo by Kateryna Klochko/EPA/EFE)





Maggi a Pembrokeshire Corgi with her owner takes part in a parade of corgi dogs in memory of the late Queen Elizabeth II, near Buckingham Palace in London, Sunday, September 3, 2023. Royal fans and their pet corgis have gathered outside Buckingham Palace to remember Queen Elizabeth II a year on since the late monarch's death. Around 20 corgi enthusiasts dressed up their pets in crowns, tiaras and royal outfits and paraded them outside the palace in central London Sunday to pay tribute to Elizabeth, a well-known lover of the dog breed. (Photo by Alastair Grant/AP Photo)





In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, a toothbrush is used to clean algae off a post-hatchling loggerhead sea turtle named “Idalia” Wednesday, August 30, 2023, at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Fla. The turtle was rescued in a Florida Keys marina and was likely washed in from the Gulf Stream when fringes of Hurricane Idalia brushed by the Keys as a tropical storm Tuesday, Aug. 29. The storm left the subtropical island chain with no significant impacts, according to emergency management officials. (Photo by Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP Photo)





A monkey drinks an aerated drink on a pavement ahead of the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India on September 4, 2023. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Police and animal protection society staff release Black Kite, a national second-class protected animal, in Altay, Xinjiang, China, August 31, 2023. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





Young Handlers show off their sheep in the judging ring at Dorset County Show, on September 02, 2023 in Dorchester, England. The Dorset County Show's programme of events and attractions showcases excellence in local agriculture and rural life, including artisans, farmers and local producers. Organised by the Dorchester Agricultural Society (DAS) the show has been running for more than 180 years and attracts around 60,000 visitors. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)





Elizabeth French, 25, and Rebekah Abern, 41, surf with Chupacabrah the goat, Surfing Goats owner Dana McGregor, and Eddie King, while taking a lesson in Pismo Beach, California, on August 29, 2023. For more than ten years, McGregor has built his reputation by throwing his goats into the water. (Photo by David Swanson/AFP Photo)





Goats are seen on the road during the Rallye Mont-Blanc Morzine 2023, in the sixth round of the Championnat de France des Rallyes 2023 in Morzine, France on September 1, 2023. (Photo by Bastien Roux/DPPI/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Monkeys eat tomatoes along a roadside in New Delhi on August 30, 2023, ahead of the G20 India Summit. Indian officials preparing for the G20 summit next week have hired teams of “monkey-men” and erected primate cutouts to deter marauding monkeys from munching on the floral displays laid out for global leaders. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Grizzly bears approach to vehicles on the road to Nemrut Crater Lake in Tatvan district of Bitlis, Turkiye on August 26, 2023. (Photo by Mesut Tankulu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





This photograph taken on August 17, 2023, shows Arctic rabbits standing in the remote Eastern Greenland village of Ittoqqortoormiit, that has a population of approximately 300 inhabitants, in Scoresby Sound Fjord, Eastern Greenland. The French National Centre for Scientific Research is undertaking an expedition to explore Greenland's isolated fjords, the planet's largest fjord system, which remains vastly understudied. The expedition, arranged by the volunteer-run French initiative Greenlandia, is dedicated to understanding the climate change's effects on Scoresby Fjord and its inhabitants. (Photo by Olivier Morin/AFP Photo)





Italian actor Caterina Murino, host of the 80th Venice Film Festival, gestures next to her dog Sole at the premiere for the film “Poor Things” in competition on September 1st, 2023. (Photo by Yara Nardi/Reuters)





Lily Gumos, 11, of St. Pete Beach, kayaks with her French bulldog along Blind Pass Road and 86th Avenue Wednesday, August 30, 2023 in St. Pete Beach, Fla. Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday in Florida as a Category 3 storm and unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and vehicles, turning streets into rivers, unmooring small boats and downing power lines in an area that has never before received such a pummeling. (Photo by Chris Urso/Tampa Bay Times via AP Photo)





Falconry auction takes place at the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition in ADNEC on September 7, 2023, (Photo by Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari/The National)





A Stellar's sea eagle with food encased in a block of ice at Blair Drummond Safari Park, near Stirling, Scotland on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, as forecasters are predicting a “last dose of summer”, with warm spells across the country. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)