Yulin, a city in southern China, celebrates the summer solstice by throwing a festival that involves the slaughter and consumption of as many as 10,000 dogs. Not everyone in China supports such practices, however; 65-year-old Yang Xiaoyun, a retired teacher who runs an animal shelter in Tianjin, traveled more than 2,400 km (1,500 miles) and spent more than 7,000 yuan ($1,100 or €990) to save 100 dogs from certain death.

This young boy wrestled with his emotions at the National Children’s Sumo ­Tournament in Tokyo on July 30, 2012. (Photo by AP Photo/LaPresse)

A swimming pig off the island of Big Major Cay, in the central Bahamas. These amazing pigs swim every day in the crystal clear waters of the Bahamas. They show off their piggy-paddle to visitors who flock to their beach to see the extraordinary site of wild pigs making a splash in the beautiful turquoise sea.

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Lady Gaga performs at Radio 1's Big Weekend 2011 at Carlisle Airport on May 15, 2011 in Carlisle, England. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images)

“A guide horse is an experimental mobility option for blind people who do not wish to or cannot use a guide dog. They are provided by The Guide Horse Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide miniature horses as assistance animals to blind users living in rural environments”. – Wikipedia

Photo: Shari Bernstiel, of Lansdale, Pennsylvania is helped along the sidewalk by Tonto, her guide horse March 19, 2004 in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. Tonto, a minature horse who went through one year of training, acts as Sheri's seeing eye dog and is one of three working guide horses in the United States. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)