Emi, a Belgian Malinois given the rank of private has the badge with the rank attached to her harness, in Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki, Poland, Friday, September 6, 2024. (Photo by Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo)





Waffle's boots are made for scorching hot pavement as owner Esmeralda Hernandez walks him in Santa Ana on Saturday, September 7, 2024. Orange County is in the throes of a triple digit heat wave with relief expected by the middle of the week. (Photo by Lauren Witte/USA TODAY Network)





In this photo released by the Romanian Emergency Services Galati (ISU Galati), firefighters approach a stranded dog in Cudalbi, Romania, Saturday, September 14, 2024 after torrential rainstorms left scores of people stranded in flooded areas. (Photo by Romanian Emergency Services – ISU Galati via AP Photo)





Supermodel Bella Hadid looked immaculate as she rode a horse on a Western-themed date night in Manhattan, New York on September 12, 2024. (Photo by Jason Lowrie/BFA.com/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A military cadet holds a bird of prey amid preparations for a military parade celebrating Independence Day hosted by Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, his last one before he finishes his term on October 1, in Mexico City, Mexico, on September 16, 2024. (Photo by Raquel Cunha/Reuters)





Canon Precentor Anna Macham blesses a tortoise during the first ever pet service at Salisbury Cathedral, on September 14, 2024 in Salisbury, United Kingdom. All Creatures Great And Small: A Service Of Blessing For Our Pets is the first ever service held for pets at the Cathedral. Aimed at children and their families, the service includes readings, hymns and music sung by the Cathedral choristers and the Cathedral’s Junior Choir. Canon Precentor Anna Macham said: “Pets can be very important to our lives, offering comfort and companionship. We hope this service will be an uplifting and enjoyable afternoon, celebrating the bond many of us have with our animals”. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)





Panda cubs have food around a table in a zoo in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Monday, September 16, 2024. (Photo by Li Hongbo/Future Publishing via Getty Images)





Asta the Pyrenees mountain dog with Louise Birmingham Scenes from the 2024 Darlington Dog Show. Ripon Racecourse, North Yorkshire, UK on September 13, 2024. (Photo by James Glossop/The Times & Sunday Times)





A stork stands in the nest in Wehrheim, near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, September 9, 2024. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





A jaguar cub plays in a shelter for animals rescued from forest fires in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 02 September 2024. Forest fires in Bolivia have already consumed more than 4 million hectares and put at risk its large fauna, one of the most diverse in the world, and fire-fighting rescuers have transferred several injured animals to shelters. (Photo by Luis Gandarillas/EPA/EFE)





Rescuers and municipal and science personnel carry out an operation to rescue beached dolphins stranded in the Fier d'Ars bay on the Ile de Re (Re Island), off France's western Atlantic coast, on September 17, 2024. Thirty-four people, including 19 firefighters, 3 eco-guards, 6 municipal staff from the commune of La Couarde and 6 members of the Pelagis laboratory, took part in a rescue operation to return to sea 18 dolphins that were caught between the oyster beds and the descending tide in the Fier d'Ars bay. One dolphin died and the other 17 were able to return to sea. (Photo by Olivier Guerin/AFP Photo)





Veterinarian Poliana Motinha (L) and colleagues hold Itapira, a young female jaguar that had its paws burned during recent fires in Pantanal, as she receives treatment to heal her wounds and reintroduce back into the wild at the Nex No Extintion Institute NGO in Corumba de Goias, Goias State, Brazil, on September 12, 2024. Veterinarian Thiago Luczinski and his team apply the last bandages to Itapira, a jaguar with burns on all four legs from the fires in the Brazilian Pantanal. The imposing animal must soon be reinserted into its habitat, a biodiversity sanctuary that still burns. (Photo by Evaristo Sa/AFP Photo)





Moo Deng, a two-month-old pygmy hippo, has won a legion of fans circa September 2024, after keepers at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand set up a TikTok account, which now has 2.5 million followers. (Photo by Khao Kheow Open Zoo)





Orange County, California September 10, 2024. A resident stops to watch the Airport Fire burn near his home as he evacuates his dogs in the Santa Ana Mountains Tuesday. (Photo by Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)





A pet dog jumps into a pool to catch a tossed toy during a dock diving event at the 2024 Waterfront Festival in Toronto, Canada, September 15, 2024. Dock diving is a sport where agile dogs compete for prizes by jumping for distance from a dock into a pool of water. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A man carries a cat at a flooded area, following heavy rainfall in Jesenik, Czech Republic on September 15, 2024. (Photo by David W. Cerny/Reuters)





A two-month-old female pygmy hippo named “Moo Deng” who has recently become a viral internet sensation, eats with her mother Jona at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, on September 16, 2024. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A captive elephant is made to swim for visitors at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand on September 15, 2024. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





Polish rescuers and soldiers evacuate local residents and their dog in the village of Rudawa, southern Poland, on September 15, 2024. One person has drowned in Poland and an Austrian fireman has died responding to floods, authorities said, as Storm Boris lashed central and eastern Europe with torrential rains. Since Thursday, September 12, 2024, swathes of Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia have been hit by high winds and unusually fierce rainfall. The storm had already caused the death of five people in Romania, and thousands have been evacuated from their homes across the continent. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP Photo)





A man holds a dog, aided by rescuers on a flooded street, following heavy rainfall in Jesenik, Czech Republic on September 15, 2024. (Photo by David W. Cerny/Reuters)