Spectators and dogs attend the Working and Pastoral class competition on the third day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, central England, on March 9, 2024. (Photo by Oli Scarff/AFP Photo)





A woman holds a dog as she views an dog agility performance on the last day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, central England, on March 10, 2024. (Photo by Oli Scarff/AFP Photo)





Aid shipments slated for Gaza are sniffed by a dog at the Kerem Shalom (Karm Abu Salem) border crossing on March 14, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Jack Guez/AFP Photo)





Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands volunteers in an urban farm during the twentieth edition of NLdoet, the largest volunteer campaign in the country, in Utrecht, the Netherlands, 15 March 2024. (Photo by Rob Engelaar/EPA/EFE)





Underwater image of a diver among fish at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, taken on March 8, 2024. Greenpeace on March 11, 2024, called for the creation of a high seas marine protected zone under a new UN treaty to secure a much wider area around Ecuador's famous Galapagos archipelago. (Photo by Ernesto Benavides/AFP Photo)





Blue, an 11-year old German shepherd-husky has an unusual choice in best friends having bonded with his owners pet owls Juneau, pictured, Xena and Frankie in West Yorks, United Kingdom on February 27, 2024. (Photo by Lee McLean/South West News Service)





A pomeranian dog snoozes while being groomed during Fresh Talents and Styles – Beginners Grooming Show at PetExpo 2024 in Bucharest, Romania on March 16, 2024. (Photo by Lucian Alecu/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Bruce Garden, a car mechanic, has become best pals with a seagull he named Hopeful. He nursed the injured bird back to health when he found it with a badly damaged wing on the industrial estate in UK where he works. He has even made her a nest out of one of his old tyres. March 14, 2024. (Photo by Katielee Arrowsmith/South West News Service)





A tractor pulls a harrow across a field as seagulls fly past in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Germany, where farmers are taking advantage of mild weather in the second decade of March 2024. (Photo by Jens Büttner/Avalon)





A pride of lionesses take a CAT nap on some heavy machinery in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania in the first decade of March 2024. Fortunately, as it was a Sunday, the construction workers were safely at home. (Photo by Bobby-Jo Photography/Magnus News)





Four 8-week-old prospective guide dogs puppies enjoy playtime and socialisation with with (left to right) Keith, Suki and Ket as part of a campaign by Guide Dogs featuring people with beards, tattoos and piercings to help create a positive association and prevent future fearfulness, in Warwickshire, UK on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (Photo by Fabio De Paola/PA Wire)





A dog carries a placard as people queue to vote on the final day of the presidential election in Russia, outside the Russian Embassy, in London, Britain on March 17, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Coombs/Reuters)





A view of a lion at Lujan Zoo, which hosts animals rescued from circuses, animal trafficking and private collections in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 16, 2024. The place had more than 400 animals between native and exotic species, in the same zoo where several animals were raised that were exhibited to the people and the main attraction was that people could enter and pet the big cats inside the cages, which was unique in the country. Losing its main source of money due to severe effects of pandemic, the zoo is abandoned to their fate which led to its closure. The owner of the zoo and an Ad-honorem employee are in charge of maintaining the animals however because of the expenses, the owner get rid of his collection of vehicles, including a classic car that belonged to the Argentine tango icon Carlos Gardel. (Photo by Luciano Gonzalez/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Owners brush their Old English Sheepdog ahead of judging on the third day of the Crufts dog show in Birmingham, Britain, on March 9, 2024. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





A boy takes his basset hound for a walk with a difference in Noosa, Australia on Saturday, March 9, 2024, during the annual Surf Dog Championships. (Photo by Roberta Holden/Solent News)





A group of divers swim with a sandbar shark off Jupiter, Florida on February 24, 2024. Florida is the place in the world with the most shark attacks in 2023. The news might make you rethink those well-deserved vacations on the state's beaches; but experts have a message for you: these animals are not the sea monsters you imagine. Last year, 16 of 69 unprovoked shark attacks were reported in Florida, 23% of the overall number, according to a report released this month by the University of Florida. (Photo by Jesus Olarte/AFP Photo)





A woman carries her Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen dog to be judged on the last day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, central England, on March 10, 2024. (Photo by Oli Scarff/AFP Photo)





Belgian Wendy Adriaens, the founder of De Passiehoeve, an animal rescue farm where animals support people with autism, depression, anxiety, or drug problems, offers a hug to Blondie, a 6-year-old female ostrich at Passiehoeve farm, in Kalmthout, Belgium on March 8, 2024. (Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters)





A police officer of the National Dog Unit, trains a dog at the 'Centre National de Formation des Unites Cynotechniques' in Cannes-Ecluse, south of Paris, on March 12, 2024. As an essential ressource for the Paris 2024 Olympics, explosive-sniffing dogs will not only help to ensure the security of the event, but also the smooth flow of transport, where every piece of abandoned luggage can lead to long interruptions in traffic, without a dog squad nearby. (Photo by Alain Jocard/AFP Photo)





A cat sits near an Indonesian Muslim man eating his iftar meal at Kebon Jeruk Jami' mosque during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Willy Kurniawan/Reuters)