Sterling, a Hungarian vizsla, Joey, a spaniel, and Finn, a golden retriever, participate in the UK’s first dog swimming gala at West Reservoir in London, UK on July 17, 2018. (Photo by Anthony Upton/PA Wire)





A one year old Red Panda sits in the trees having only recently arrived to a brand new enclosure at the Manor Wildlife Park, St Florence, near Tenby in Wales, July 18, 2018. The Red Panda has been classified as endangered by the IUCN, because its wild population is estimated at less than 10,000 mature individuals and continues to decline due to habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and inbreeding depression, although red pandas are protected by national laws in their range countries. (Photo by Rebecca Naden/Reuters)





A one-year-old red panda sits in the trees having only recently arrived to a brand new enclosure at the Manor Wildlife Park, St Florence, near Tenby in Wales on July 18, 2018. The red panda has been classified as endangered by the IUCN, because its wild population is estimated at less than 10,000 mature individuals and continues to decline due to habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and inbreeding depression, although red pandas are protected by national laws in their range countries. (Photo by Rebecca Naden/Reuters)





Twiggy, the water-skiing squirrel, performs outside U.S. Bank Stadium as part of X Fest in Minneapolis, Thursday, July 19, 2018. The squirrel, the 7th in a line of Twiggies going back to the late 1970s, is on a farewell tour due to the retirement of its owner, Lou Ann Best. She started performing with water-skiing squirrels with her husband, Chuck Best, who died in a downing accident in 1997. Lou Ann spends a substantial part of her performance educating spectators about water safety. (Photo by Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP Photo)





A moon bear plays inside its sanctuary at the Vietnam bear rescue centre, which is operated by international organization Animals Asia, in Tam Dao national park, about 70 kilometers from Hanoi, Vietnam, 10 July 2018. Animals Asia together with the Vietnam Traditional Medicine Association launched two books: “The technical instruction to plant and cultivate herbal alternatives to bear bile” and “Care and welfare of Asiatic black bears and Malayan sun bears in rescue centers” on 10 July, aiming to promote herbal alternatives to bear bile and make better impact on the protection of bears in Vietnam. Animals Asia has rescued over 600 bears across Vietnam and China so far. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA/EFE)





An Emu is seen in its exhibit at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Monday, July 16, 2018. The death of a wounded fox brings to nine the number of animals, including an emu, that have died as the result of the weekend escape of a jaguar from its enclosure at the zoo in New Orleans. Audubon Zoo officials say on the zoo's website that Rusty, one of the foxes attacked by the big cat, died Monday. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)





A mahout paints his elephant on the eve of the annual Rath Yatra, or chariot procession, outside the Jagannath temple in Ahmedabad, India, July 13, 2018. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Buyan, a male Siberian brown bear, attempts to predict the result of the soccer World Cup final match between France and Croatia during an event at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Russia July 14, 2018. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)





Officials record and examine cygnets and swans during the annual census of the Queen's swans, known as “Swan Upping”, along the River Thames near Chertsey, Britain, July 16, 2018. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)





Ring-tailed lemurs eat a slice of watermelon on ice during the hot weather in a zoo in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, China July 18, 2018. (Photo by Reuters/China Stringer Network)





A pig is pictured in front of a pile of rubbish at a landfill of Porto Romano, around 1 kilometre away from the sea line, in Durres, Albania July 19, 2018. (Photo by Florion Goga/Reuters)





A flamingo cleans his feathers as he stands in an enclosure of wildlife park “Pairi Daiza” in Brugelette, Belgium, July 19, 2018. (Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters)





Dogs bearing the colors of the French national flag are pictured prior to the start of the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match between France and Croatia, in Marseille, southern France on July 15, 2018. (Photo by Boris Horvat/AFP Photo)





A man hugs a lioness in a zoo installed for the “al-Sham Gathers us” marketing festival held in the Tishreen public park in Damascus, Syria, 14 July 2018. The event was held by the Damascus Governorate with the cooperation of the ministry of tourism. (Photo by Youssef Badawi/EPA/EFE)





Cilya the Donskoy cat, 6-months-old, gets held in place by all-breeds judge Harley DeVilbiss during a preliminary judging round of the TICA World of Cats show at the Denver County Fair on the National Western Stock Show grounds July 14, 2018. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)





Harold Koehn from Inland, Kanas, holds Gemma, an 8-month-old Donskoy cat during the TICA World of Cats show at the Denver County Fair on the National Western Stock Show grounds July 14, 2018. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)





Paul Barton, a Yorkshireman, plays Bach for Lam Duan at the Elephants World conservation centre in Thailand. The 62-year-old female is blind. (Photo by Paul Barton/Caters News Agency)





A chicken gingerly crosses the double yellow line of a country road near Roseburg in western Oregon, USA on July 16, 2018. (Photo by Robin Loznak/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News)





The Latitude festival in Henham Park, Suffolk, England this weekend, July 14, 2018 featured art as well as music, including the living installation Woollen Deity .(Photo by Guy Bell/Alamy Live News)





A horse smiles for the camera, swimming off the Mount's Bay, Cornwall on July 14, 2018. Cornwall Swimming Horses offer unique horse riding experiences in which you can swim with horses. (Photo by Cornwalllive/South West News Service)





A Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) known as Pepa is pictured during the celebration of Hippo Jakira's 4 year birthday at the Santa Fe zoo, in Medellin, Colombia on July 15, 2018 Jakira is the daughter of Pepa, who was part of the initial batch of animals imported by druglord Pablo Escobar back in the 1980' s. (Photo by Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP Photo)