A polar bear is seen at an abandoned research station on Koluchin Island, off Chukotka, Russia, in the country's Far East, on Thursday, September 18, 2025. (Photo by Vadim Makhorov/AP Photo)





A dog cools off in the surf at Birubi Point at Port Stephens, north of Sydney as temperatures soared close to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degree Fahrenheit) in some of the hottest temperatures recorded for October in the Sydney region, Wednesday, October 22, 2025. (Photo by Mark Baker/AP Photo)





A woman walks on a street holding a dog in her arms in the Huangpu district in Shanghai on October 15, 2025. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





Five hand-reared Chilean flamingo chicks took their first walk with Isobel Wright, the bird keeper at Cotswold Wildlife Park near Burford in Oxfordshire, UK on October 15, 2025. (Photo by Paul Nicholls/The Times)





Seamus, a mascot of the Irish Guards stands during a farewell parade for Ukrainian soldiers at a British army training camp in the East of England, where they have been undergoing combat training with the Irish Guards as part of the UK-led Operation Interflex on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. (Photo by Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images)





Nine Peruvian alpacas act as guard dogs to protect turkeys being reared for Christmas in Berkshire, UK on October 17, 2025. Tom Copas, the farmer, turned to alpaca guards ten years ago after attacks by foxes and polecats. (Photo by Copas Farm)





Lauren Owen gets cosy with three micro pigs, Pumpkin, Gourd and Squash at Monk Park Farm in UK on October 24, 2025, where this half term visitors are invited to join in the snuggles. The pigs are 2 weeks old and are bred to be as small as possible. (Photo by James Glossop/The Times & Sunday Times)





Luke Donald of England chases away a peacock on the 11th green on day two of the DP World India Championship 2025 at Delhi Golf Club on October 17, 2025 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Prakash Singh/Getty Images)





An alpaca watches children through a fence at a farm in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, Wednesday, October 15, 2025. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)





Venus, a baby gorilla, gets into the Halloween spirit at London Zoo on October 22, 2025. (Photo by ZSL London Zoo/Cover Images)





Luci, a red tabby and white Persian cat is judged Best in Show Household Pet during the GCCF Supreme Show at Stoneleigh Park on October 18, 2025 in Kenilworth, England. (Photo by Shirlaine Forrest/Getty Images)





A veterinarian prepares to vaccinate a cat with a rabies vaccine during a free vaccination program for pets in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 16 October 2025. The free rabies vaccination program was held by the Aceh Quarantine Center Laboratory as a part of a campaign program on preventive measures against the spread of the disease and deaths due to the rabies virus carried by pets such as cats and dogs. (Photo by Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA)





A cat using glasses and a hat is pictured in Lima on October 19, 2025. (Photo by Raul Arboleda/AFP Photo)





A person strokes a black goat kid as flocks of sheep and goats are herded through the city centre of Madrid during the annual Transhumance Festival held on October 19, 2025. Every year shepherds guide flocks of hundreds of sheep and goats through the streets of Madrid in defence of the historic cattle trails and ancient grazing rights increasingly threatened by urban sprawl. (Photo by Oscar Del Pozo/AFP Photo)





Army personnel shower service dogs with marigold flowers, as a sign of worship on the occasion of Kukur Tihar, a festival dedicated to dogs during the Hindu festival of lights “Diwali”, at the Armed Police Dog Training School in Kathmandu on October 20, 2025. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Lili, the 10-month-old red kangaroo joey, is seen in the director's office at Sosto Zoo in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, 15 October 2025. The little female was thrown out of her mother's pouch at the age of nine months, and since then, she has been cared for by the zoo's veterinarians, who feed her every four hours. The goal is for Lili to become completely independent in six months and join the park's troop of giant kangaroos. (Photo by Attila Balazs/EPA)





A girl offers tika to a puppy during Kukur Tihar as part of Tihar, a term used in Nepal for Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 20, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A pigeon flies in front of a residential building damaged during a Russian drone and missile strike, in Kyiv, Ukraine on October 22, 2025. (Photo by Alina Smutko/Reuters)





A one-and-a-half-month-old orphaned two-toed sloth clings a sloth plush toy at the Panamerican Conservation Association (APPC) during a conservation activity for International Sloth Day, in Panama City, Panama, on October 19, 2025. (Photo by Enea Lebrun/Reuters)