A flock of Indian Runner ducks, which assist as natural pest-control, in place of pesticides, by eating all the snails and bugs, do their daily patrol around the Vergenoegd Wine Estate, in Stellenbosch, in Cape Town, South Africa on January 11, 2023. (Photo by Esa Alexander/Reuters)





A dog named Chip sits next to a Ukrainian serviceman who repairs a tank near the frontline town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on January 20, 2023. (Photo by Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters)





Gulls standing on a snowy fence in Hexham, England on Monday, January 16, 2023. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)





A stork rests on a road light as starlings fly at the sky behind it near the southern city of Beer Sheva, Israel on January 11, 2023. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)





An emergency worker holds a cat rescued at the site where an apartment block was heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine on January 15, 2023. (Photo by Yevhenii Zavhorodnii/Reuters)





A woman holds her canary and dog to be blessed at San Anton Church during celebrations on the feast of Spain's patron saint of animals, Saint Anthony, in Madrid, Spain on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)





A dog is blessed by a priest during San Anton Abad's Day (Saint Anthony, patron saint of animals) at San Anton church in Madrid on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP Photo)





Hundreds of Christian Orthodox believers swim for a crucifix, casted by Macedonian Orthodox Bishop Timotej, in to the freezing water of Lake Ohrid, during an Epiphany ceremony in southwestern town of Ohrid, North Macedonia, January 19, 2023. According to an old tradition, Orthodox believers in Macedonia celebrate Epiphany by jumping after crucifix into a river or a lake because they belief in the purifying powers of water. (Photo by Nake Batev/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A priest blesses a flock of sheep during the “Beneides” (Benedictions in Majorcan language) traditional ceremony of blessing animals that marks the day of San Anton (Saint Anthony), the animals' patron saint, in Muro, on the Spanish Balearic island of Majorca, on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Jaime Reina/AFP Photo)





A cane toad, named ‘Toadzilla’, found by rangers in Conway national park, Airlie Beach, Australia on January 12, 2023. The giant toad, believed to be a female, weighed 2.7kg and was euthanised owing to the environmental damage the toads cause. (Photo by Queensland Department of Environment and Science/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A swan covered in sewage on the River Thames at Datchet in Berkshire on January 16, 2023. An interactive map by Thames Water shows it has emitted sewage into the Thames in nearby Windsor. Environmental groups are calling on the government to imprison directors of polluting water companies for continued sewage emissions into UK waterways. (Photo by Maureen McLean/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A Ukrainian serviceman pets a dog as he stand in a trench on a frontline position in the Donetsk region on January 23, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/AFP Photo)





Swans pass the overflowing river Severn in Worcester on Monday, January 9, 2023 following persistent rain during the weekend. Weather warnings are in place for the Severn ahead of more wet weather forecast this week. (Photo by Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images)





At the start of Wassailing season in Somerset, cider maker Matilda Temperley uses unorthodox transport to survey the scene with Scruff the dog on January 13, 2023. (Photo by Jason Bryant/APEX News and Pictures)





A grey seal pup which was rescued outside a kebab shop in Hemsby, Norfolk on January 22, 2023. (Photo by Dan Goldsmith/Marine and Wildlife Rescue)





Alpacas Dante and Maya visit residents at MHA Homewood in Leamington Spa, Warwicks on January 18, 2023. The pair spent some time in the home, which offers residential care for 50 residents. (Photo by Triangle News)





Pic shows two males tigers sparring for dominance over a female in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state in India on Monday, January 16, 2023. The spectacular images of the big cats were taken by Narayan Malu who was just 150 yards from the action. (Photo by Narayan Malu/Magnus News)





People bring their pets to be blessed during San Anton Abad's Day (Saint Anthony, patron saint of animals) at San Anton church in Madrid on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Burak Akbulut/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A dove is released during the “Blessing of the Seas” ceremony on January 08, 2023 in Margate, England. With its large community of Greek Cypriot residents, the Kent coastal town of Margate became the setting for a Blessing of the Seas procession and ceremony in the 1960s. The Greek Orthodox church celebrates Epiphany marking the baptism of Jesus Christ. Celebrations return in full this year having been curtailed during the Covid Pandemic in 2021/2022. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)





Veterinarians treat a Kite who was injured by the strings of flying kites during the kite festival, at the Parevda Charitable Trust in Ahmedabad on January 15, 2023. (Photo by Sam Panthaky/AFP Photo)