Media members record a Mangalitsa pig standing on scales during the annual weigh-in to document the health and condition of animals at London Zoo, in London, Britain on August 19, 2024. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)





A participant holds a dog during a grooming contest at Pet Fair Asia in Shanghai on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





Field researchers from the Mamiraua Institute of Sustainable Development capture a rare Amazon river dolphin, also known as the pink river dolphin, during an expedition aimed at assessing the health of these animals and installing a GPS tag to monitor their movements and how they react to the heat in the lake during this year's drought following the death of 300 dolphins last year, most of which were in Lake Tefe according to the project head of the Mamiraua Institute, in Tefe, Amazonas state, Brazil, on August 19, 2024. (Photo by Bruno Kelly/Reuters)





A dog wearing a Llamerada costume competes in a costume contest celebrating the feast day of Saint Roch, the patron saint of dogs, in La Paz, Bolivia, Sunday, August 18, 2024. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)





A community member hugs his dog before being evacuated by members of the Armed Forces from the affected areas, while supporting the fight against wildfires in Nuflo de Chavez Province, Bolivia on August 25, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Morales/Reuters)





A mahout bathes an elephant in the ancient hill capital of Kandy on August 19, 2024, during the Buddhist festival of Esala Perahera. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





This handout photo taken on August 22, 2024 and released by the Berlin Zoological Garden on August 23, 2024 shows veterinarians tending to a new-born panda cub in an incubator after female Giant Panda Meng Meng, 11-years-old, gave birth to two cubs that day at the zoo in Berlin, Germany. Female panda Meng Meng has given birth to twins again, five years after giving birth to her first offspring, the zoo announced on August 23. The two cubs, measuring just 14 centimeters and weighing 136 and 169 grams respectively, were born just over an hour apart on August 22 and “are doing well”, the zoo said in a statement. (Photo by Handout/Berlin Zoological Garden via AFP Photo)





A couple sit and enjoy as hundreds of sea lions invaded San Carlos beach in Monterey, California, United States on August 20, 2024. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A female Bornean orangutan carries her offspring at a rehabilitation centre in Sepilok, Malaysia on August 17, 2024. (Photo by Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters)





Corgi dogs take part in a 50m race during the Corgi Race in the Vingis Park in Vilnius on August 24, 2024. For the third time in five years, Vilnius hosts the Corgi Race and costume contest inviting corgis from across Europe. (Photo by Petras Malukas/AFP Photo)





Northern bald ibises migrate from Austria to the Orbetello lagoon in Tuscan, Italy in the last decade of August 2024, as foster parents of the birds support them in their journey from a microlight. (Photo by AP Photo)





Burrowing Owl Ettie is rewarded with a mealworm by her keeper Anna on August 21, 2024 – Whipsnade Zoo (ZSL) carry out their annual weigh-in. The keepers record the weights and measurements of the animals – information which provides a critical insight into their health and wellbeing. (Photo by Guy Bell/Alamy Live News)





Residents release pufflings into the sea from a cliff on August 20, 2024 in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. In Iceland's Westman Islands, located off the southern coast, thousands of young puffins, known as pufflings, are rescued by locals in an annual tradition as they become misguided by city lights during their first flight during the night from cliffside burrows to the sea. (Photo by Micah Garen/Getty Images)





Residents release pufflings into the sea from a cliff on August 20, 2024 in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. In Iceland's Westman Islands, located off the southern coast, thousands of young puffins, known as pufflings, are rescued by locals in an annual tradition as they become misguided by city lights during their first flight during the night from cliffside burrows to the sea. (Photo by Micah Garen/Getty Images)





A person holds a sugar glider during Pet Fair Asia in Shanghai on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





European Brown Bears are measured during the annual weigh in at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire, UK on Wednesday, August 21, 2024. An important part of their care, keeping track of the creatures' vital statistics helps zookeepers and veterinarians keep track of the health and wellbeing of all the animals at the conservation zoo. Photo by Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images)





A pair of macaques check themselves out in the rear view mirror of a motorbike in Chandigarh, India in the last decade of August 2024. (Photo by Anuj Jain/Media Drum Images)





Miguel Sanchez-Merenciano, 44, Global K9 instructor and technical director of U.C.E (Canine Emergency Unit) MresQ, and Brown, 2, a male Labrador Retriever dog, run into the Mediterranean Sea, during a rescue training, at Levante beach, in Torre del Mar, southern Spain on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Jon Nazca/Reuters)





Freshman Elannah Looney performs yoga with goats from Goat Yoga Nashville on Chamberlain Field at UT Chattanooga for the first week of classes on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Matt Hamilton/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP Photo)





Buddy, a 1-year-old male Labrador Retriever dog, and Mai, a 1-year-old, a female Newfoundland dog, of U.C.E (Canine Emergency Unit) MresQ, swim during a rescue training in the Mediterranean Sea, at Levante beach, in Torre del Mar, southern Spain on August 18, 2024. (Photo by Jon Nazca/Reuters)