A cat looks out of a pet box at a Lufthansa counter at a terminal at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, February 7, 2024. The ground staff of German Lufthansa airline went for a one-day warning strike on Wednesday causing the cancellation of hundreds of flights. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





A man carries two rescued dogs following the spread of wildfires in Vina del Mar, Chile, on February 3, 2024. (Photo by Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters)





A cat rescued from a wildfire receives treatment for burns at a wildlife rehabilitation center of University of the Americas, as wildfires continue in Vina del Mar, Chile, on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters)





A local resident with her dog sits near her residential building damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine on February 7, 2024. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Reuters)





Deer walk in front of Christiaan Bezuidenhout as he waits to hit from the second fairway on the Pebble Beach Golf Links during the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament Thursday, February 1, 2024, in Pebble Beach, Calif. (Photo by Ryan Sun/AP Photo)





Kuwaiti beekeeper Salem al-Oumi holds a beehive frame as worker bees swarm around it at an apiary in Kuwait City on February 5, 2024. (Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP Photo)





Rhys Enoch of Wales feeds an elephant during day four of the SDC Open at Zebula Golf Estate & Spa on February 4, 2024 in Bela-Bela, Limpopo, South Africa. (Photo by Johan Rynners/Getty Images)





A Ukrainian serviceman of the 47th “Magura” Separate Mechanized Brigade plays with a cat, which his unit evacuated from a frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at undisclosed location in Donetsk region, Ukraine on February 8, 2024. (Photo by Alina Smutko/Reuters)





A woman walks with a pony on a street at night, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Odesa, Ukraine, on February 7, 2024. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





Wildlife crosses the fairway during day four of the SDC Open at Zebula Golf Estate & Spa on February 4, 2024 in Bela-Bela, Limpopo, South Africa. (Photo by Johan Rynners/Getty Images)





A Rupognis magnirostris is pictured during its release in Quinamayo, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, on February 2, 2024. Environmental authorities released two rehabilitated birds of prey during the celebration of Global Wetland Day. (Photo by Joaquín Sarmiento/AFP Photo)





Veterinarian Gabriel de Pedro examines the mouth of an anaesthetised female Iberian brown bear, the first to be captured after decades, during a health check-up as part of a special program monitoring and protecting the species, in Villarino, Spain, September 8, 2021. The patrol, which so far has trapped 12 bears, wants to improve understanding of the bears' behaviour by anaesthetising them, performing a medical check-up, and placing a GPS collar around their necks. “What we want is to monitor at all times, in real time to be able to act quickly, always to improve the bears' coexistence with humans”, said David Cubero, coordinator of the brown bear capture and radio-tagging plan. (Photo by Juan Medina/Reuters)





Inmates bathe a golden retriever dog on the opening day of the pet salon at the Obrajes women's jail in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, February 6, 2024. Inmates inaugurated “La Perruqueria”, with a play on the word “perro”, or dog, where they offer low cost grooming services. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)





Birds enjoy a tasty treat in these charming pictures. Photographer Len Copland captured great tits and robins at a Somerset, UK beauty spot on Sunday, February 4, 2024. (Photo by Len Copland/South West News Service)





Competitor Davina Rhodes gives her ferrets a drink ahead of the annual Ferret Racing Championship at the Craven Arms and Cruck Barn in Appletreewick, Britain on February 7, 2024. (Photo by Lee Smith/Reuters)





Race judicator Simon Smith watches a competitor begin a heat at the annual Ferret Racing Championship at the Craven Arms and Cruck Barn in Appletreewick, Britain on February 7, 2024. (Photo by Lee Smith/Reuters)





A ferret competes during a heat at the annual Ferret Racing Championship at the Craven Arms and Cruck Barn in Appletreewick, Britain on February 7, 2024. (Photo by Lee Smith/Reuters)





The penguin, Pringle, down the aisle on Jen and Tom's wedding day. Ring-bearer penguin shocks wedding guests as he waddles down aisle for couple's big day on February 8, 2024 in Bridgnorth, England. (Photo by Jam Press/Alex Ford Wedding Photography)





A pair of pelicans in Adelaide, Australia in the first decade of February 2024. These improbable-looking birds first appeared in the early Oligocene period, and fossil evidence shows that they have not changed much in the 30 million years since. (Photo by Amer Ghazzal/Alamy Live News)





A cat rescued from a wildfire receives treatment for burns at a wildlife rehabilitation center of University of the Americas, as wildfires continue in Vina del Mar, Chile, on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters)