Pigeons stand on the rooftop of Loubna Hamdan and her husband Ibrahim Ammar, who pierced the beak of the pigeon on the right for a piece of jewelry, in Chiyah where the couple leaves food out for birds in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Photo by Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)





Golden Retrievers and their owners participate in a meetup seeking to break the world record for the largest gathering of the breed, in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 8, 2025. (Photo by Agustin Marcarian/Reuters)





Lavr, a dog with prosthetic front legs, walks in a TYTANOVI REHAB a modern rehabilitation center for veterans with high limb amputations, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine on December 6, 2025. Lavr lost both front paws in an accident, after which he was quickly fitted with prosthetic implants and now inspires Ukrainian soldiers with amputated limbs as they undergo rehab at a center. (Photo by Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey/Reuters)





aA duck crosses a street in Beijing on December 11, 2025. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)





Golden Retrievers and their owners participate in a meetup seeking to break the world record for the largest gathering of the breed, in Buenos Aires, Argentina pn December 8, 2025. (Photo by Agustin Marcarian/Reuters)





Goldfinches on a bird feeder in Dunsden, Oxfordshire, UK on December 12, 2025. Bird enthusiasts can attract small birds, such as goldfinches, to their garden during the colder months with just three simple plants, experts say that with the right set-up and plants, small birds like goldfinches will flock to your outdoor space during this winter. For smaller garden species, colder months represent a vital period for foraging and sustaining their energy levels. Goldfinches love the seeds of Verbena bonariensis, Russian sage, and lavender. (Photo by Geoffrey Swaine/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





This December 9, 2025, photo shows a staff member at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital tending to some of the 25 cold-stunned Kemp's ridley sea turtles, after they were flown from the New England Aquarium in Boston to the hospital in Marathon, Florida, to warm up and be rehabilitated for eventual release. The critically endangered turtles were found stranded recently on the coast of Cape Cod, Mass., as a result of the condition. "Cold stunning" is a hypothermic reaction that occurs when sea turtles are exposed to cold water for a prolonged time. It typically causes them to stop eating and swimming. (Photo by Andy Newman / The Turtle Hospital/AFP via Getty Images)





Horse-drawn carts and carriages in the capital for the London Christmas Drive on December 7, 2025. (Photo by Jill Mead/The Guardian)





Tony the ten-year-old tawny owl tucks himself on December 8, 2025 into a Christmas tree at the Scottish Owl Centre, West Lothian, where he was hatched and raised. (Photo by Katielee Arrowsmith/South West News Service)





Members of the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden's care team hold a three-months-old tiger that was seized by the police to examine and vaccinate the animal at the zoo's clinic in Budapest, Hungary, on December 8, 2025. The police came across the illegally kept small animal during a drug-related investigation. The tiger cub was temporarily placed in a nature conservation rescue center that also functions as a quarantine station within the Zoo. It is expected that it will receive a permanent home in 2026 in the place created for it, next to the bear home in Veresegyh�z, north of Budapest. (Photo by Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images)





Aquarist diver Faiz Mahamud in a Santa Claus outfit feeds fish in a tank at the Aquaria KLCC in Kuala Lumpur on December 12, 2025. The scuba-diving Santa Claus feeding fish is one of the prime attractions in conjunction with Christmas festivities at the KLCC Aquaria. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo)





Hundreds of owners and their Golden Retrievers gather in an attempt to break the world record for the largest meeting of Goldens, in the Bosques de Palermo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 8, 2025. The event, organized by influencer Fausto Duperre, brought together more than 1,800 dogs along with their families, breeders, and fans of the breed. To date, the world record was held by Vancouver, Canada, with 1,685 dogs. (Photo by Cristina Sille/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Standalone picture dated December 6, 2025 shows a Blue Tit sharing Christmas dinner with Santa in a back garden in Suffolk, UK. Blue Tits are frequent visitors to garden feeders in the UK. In winter, family flocks join up with other tits as they search for food. (Photo by Jan Brown/Bav Media)





This frame grab taken from video footage provided by Andrew Mackay on December 10, 2025 shows a bull and a horse inside the Australian lawmaker's house in Darwin. Andrew Mackay, a Northern Territory politician, posted the incriminating evidence from his pet cam to social media at the weekend, showing how he came home to discover his pet dog had let a bull and a horse into his living room. (Photo by Courtesy of Andrew Mackay/AFP via Getty Images)





A sheep in a sweater moves near the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya on a cold winter morning, in New Delhi, India, on December 11, 2025. (Photo by Bhawika Chhabra/Reuters)





A dog wears a costume while runners dressed as Santa Claus take part in the annual 5km Santa Dash in Liverpool, Britain, on December 7, 2025. (Photo by Temilade Adelaja/Reuters)





This photograph shows the head of a horse under anesthesia during an operating table during an operation at the “Normandie Equine Vallee” horse Campus in Goustranville, in northwestern France, on December 9, 2025. This international campus of Goustranville, dedicated to equine health research, comprises an Animal Health Laboratory, a Medical Imaging and Research Centre and a Horseracing Laboratory. (Photo by Lou Benoist/AFP Photo)





Members of the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden's care team under the direction of the Director General, veterinarian Endre Sos (2nd L) hold a three-months-old tiger that was seized by the police to examine and vaccinate the animal at the zoo's clinic in Budapest, Hungary, on December 8, 2025. The police came across the illegally kept small animal during a drug-related investigation. The tiger cub was temporarily placed in a nature conservation rescue center that also functions as a quarantine station within the Zoo. It is expected that it will receive a permanent home in 2026 in the place created for it, next to the bear home in Veresegyh'z, north of Budapest. (Photo by Attila Kisbenedek/AFP Photo)





Golden Retrievers play in a muddy puddle during a meetup seeking to break the world record for the largest gathering of the breed, in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 8, 2025. (Photo by Agustin Marcarian/Reuters)