A veterinarian takes a sample from a cat at an animal shelter in Yeoju, southeast of Seoul, South Korea, 01 August 2023, after cats were found to have been infected with a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza strain at shelters in Seoul on 25 and 29 July, marking the first infections of the virus in mammals since 2016. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA)

A cat wering glasses lies in a pet dryer at the “Pet Expo Championship” in Bangkok, Thailand on August 30, 2019. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)

A cat dressed in a traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirt takes part in a parade in Kiev, Ukraine on May 28, 2016. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)

An Iraqi boy sits next to cats for sale at the Ghazl Market in central Baghdad on November 20, 2020. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP Photo)

A novice Bhutanese monk sleeps after hours of prayer waiting for class to be over at the Dechen Phodrang monastery October 18, 2011 in Thimphu, Bhutan. The monks average about 10 hours of study a day waking up at 5:00am. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Dancers Amy Hadley and Bethany Kingsley-Garner from the Scottish Ballet wait backstage during the dress rehearsal of the current production of “Sleeping Beauty” at the Theatre Royal on December 16, 2011 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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British prime minister Winston Churchill (1874–1965) stops to pet a cat at Liverpool Street Station, 24th May 1952. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)