Kenny Currle, judge with the Cat Fanciers Association and Regional Director of the Southern Region of the Cat Fanciers Association, takes a resisting long-haired cat from its cage to take it to the judging stage at the 85th Annual Cotton States Cat Show at the Gas South Convention Center in Duluth, Georgia on November 5, 2023. Currle became an approved allbreed judge in 1988. (Photo by Kendrick Brinson)





A Palestinian child holds a cat, while standing on the rubble of houses destroyed in Israeli strikes during the conflict, amid the temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, at Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on November 27, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters)





A zookeeper shows a South African white lion cub born last Monday at Las Delicias Zoo, in Maracay, Aragua State, Venezuela, on November 29, 2023. (Photo by Juan Carlos Hernandez/AFP Photo)





Chile's President Gabriel Boric and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (not pictured) visit part of the Chilean Antarctica on November 24, 2023. (Photo by Chilean Presidency/Handout via Reuters)





A woman looks at her smartphone as she keeps a dog in her jacket in Kyiv on November 22, 2023. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP Photo)





A worker holds a snail at a snail farm in Azaguie on November 23, 2023. The use of pesticides and regular deforestation in Ivory Coast where nearly 90% of forests have disappeared in 63 years mainly due to agricultural exploitation are fatal to the wild snails, the number of which is decreasing more and more from year to year. Livestock farms for snails of various sizes are increasing. Today there are some 1,500 throughout the country. The flesh of the snails, very popular with the Ivorians and in the neighboring countries of the Gulf of Guinea, is eaten with a spicy sauce or grilled on skewers, the slime is used to make soap, shower gel or ointment, while the powder of the shell is used in the manufacture of other cosmetics, pharmacopoeia and animal feed. (Photo by Issouf Sanogo/AFP Photo)





A dog named Pepe waits for a bone-shaped dessert served at the Fiuto restaurant in Rome on November 21, 2023. The Roman restaurant “Fiuto”, in Ponte Milvio district, is the first in Italy to serve dogs, the section of the menu dedicated to them is spoiled for choice: from hake with ricotta and zucchini to minced chicken with puree and the Veggie bowl. (Photo by Tiziana Fabi/AFP Photo)





Monkeys eat fruit during the annual Monkey Festival in Lopburi province, Thailand on November 26, 2023. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A grey squirrel looks over a railing in St James's Park in London, Tuesday, November 28, 2023. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo)





Former rescue dogs Alba and Rosie pose with a painting they helped to create, at the Bristol Animal Rescue Centre in Bristol, western England, on November 23, 2023. In their studio in Bristol, western England, rescue dogs Rosie and Alba are hard at work on their canvasses, redefining the essence of abstract art – one tail swish at a time. To the untrained eye, their work at Bristol Animal Rescue Centre (ARC) could be seen as boisterous, childish at times and even just plain old messy. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/AFP Photo)





A squirrel monkey eats food from a Christmas sock themed advent calendar, during a photocall at the London Zoo, in London, Thursday, November 30, 2023.(Photo by Alberto Pezzali/AP Photo)





Eddy the badger is pictured as Nicanor goes to leave water and fruits for the animals affected by the fires, in San Buenaventura, Bolivia on November 26, 2023. (Photo by Claudia Morales/Reuters)





Peacocks cross a pedestrian walkway on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai on November 21, 2023. (Photo by Karim Sahib/AFP Photo)





A paddle boarder on Lake Washington prompts a flock of birds to take off at Seward Park, Friday, November 17, 2023, in Seattle. (Photo by Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo)





English actress and dancer Bonnie Langford introduces Poppy a dog being cared for by Noahs Ark Dog Rescue, in need of adoption, at St Paul's Church in Covent Garden in London, Saturday, November 18, 2023. Following the success of Broadway Barks in the US, stage icons Elaine Paige and Bernadette Peters hosted the first live West End Woofs (and meows) at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden. Bringing together much-loved talent of the West End and their four-legged friends for a dog and cat adoption event to raise money and awareness and find homes for animals in need of adoption. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo)





Reverend Georgina Vye blesses Wotsit the pony In the name of the father, the son and the holy goat early December 2023. A goat and a donkey were among animals to receive a holy blessing from a vicar as part of a special church service. Visitors were invited to bring along their own pets to join the staff and animals at Ferne Animal Sanctuary in UK for the annual Christmas blessing. The aptly-named Mary the goat was one of the animals blessed by Reverend Georgina Vye of St Mary's Church in Chard, Somerset. (Photo by Zachary Culpin/Bournemouth News)





A dog swims in front of a man who paddles due to flooding caused by heavy rains, in Ilha Grande dos Marinheiros in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil on November 20, 2023. (Photo by Diego Vara/Reuters)





US President Joe Biden pardons the national Thanksgiving turkey, Liberty, during a pardoning ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC on November 20, 2023. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP Photo)





Lorena Melantoni pets a rescued horse at her sanctuary “Let's dream of hope” where mistreated horses that used to pull recycling carts, or were used for sports, have a second chance of life, in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 2, 2023. (Photo by Tomas Cuesta/Reuters)





A lynx cat runs from a transportation box into a snowy Black Forest in Gernsbach, Germany on December 1, 2023. Its release into the wild in Baden-Wuerttemberg marks the start of the establishment of a lynx population. (Photo by Uli Deck/dpa via AP Photo)