A Chinkara gazelle and peacocks rest in front of a desert cooler to beat the heat on a hot summer day in Bikaner, in the Indian western state of Rajasthan, Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Photo by Dinesh Gupta/AP Photo)





Anteaters play on the grounds of the non-profit wildlife park Selva Teneek where animals are being treated for heat stress amid a continuing heat wave and drought, in Ciudad Valles, Mexico, June 8, 2024. (Photo by Mauricio Palos/AP Photo)





Leatherback hatchlings are released during a night turtle walk hosted by Ecological Associates, Inc. (EAI) on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at Jensen Public Beach on Hutchinson Island. EAI specializes in sea turtle research and works under a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Marine Turtle Permit, MTP-23/24-010D. The Turtle Walk program is aimed to engage the public in the conservation efforts, sea turtle biology education and protection efforts. All sea turtles, their nests and their eggs are protected by federal and state laws. (Photo by Crystal Vander Weit/TCPalm via USA TOADY Network)





A Muslim woman feeds pigeons at the Grand Mosque, ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on June 9, 2024. (Photo by Saleh Salem/Reuters)





A stockman shows off the Nelore cow known as Viatina-19 at a farm in Uberaba, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Friday, April 26, 2024. Viatina-19 is the product of years of efforts to raise meatier cows, and is the most expensive cow ever sold at auction, according to Guinness World Records. (Photo by Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo)





A young crocodile is handled inside a plastic tube as it is being prepared for shipping at Aquatis, Europe's largest freshwater aquarium-vivarium, in Lausanne, Switzerland, 12 June 2024. Raised by Aquatis in Lausanne, sixteen young West African crocodiles (Crocodylus suchus) embarked on their journey to Morocco on Wednesday. Sixty years after their disappearance from the area, they will be gradually reintroduced into their natural habitat, a first on the African continent. (Photo by Valentin Flauraud/EPA/EFE)





A pair of burrowing owls keep a look out in this charming picture. Arizona bird photographer Mark Koster spotted the birds on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at Scottsdale Community College, where they have a habitat. He explains: “They were burrowing owl parents playing “Security Guards” by watching over their owlets”. The burrowing owl is a small, long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. They can be found in grasslands, rangelands, agricultural areas, deserts, or any other open, dry area with low vegetation. (Photo by South West News Service)





Viktor Zinchenko, 67, who takes care of a herd of 50 goats, shows a corner of his house damaged by Russian artillery fire in Orikhiv, a city in Zaporizhzhia region in southeastern Ukraine, close to the front line. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images)





“Sprout”, a baby (joey) Swamp Wallaby whose mother was killed in a car accident where she survived by being thrown out of the pouch and onto the road on June 03, 2024 in Byron Bay, Australia. An all-species wildlife hospital reliant on donations and sponsorship is at risk of closure as a 70% increase in patients drives up costs. The Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital is the only multi-species wildlife hospital operating in the richly biodiverse north of the state of New South Wales in Australia. Opened in 2020, it operates 7 days a week and has treated almost 7000 sick, injured and orphaned native animals, including hundreds of threatened species patients. Custom-built inside a 22-wheel semi-trailer truck, the wildlife hospital can also be deployed to a natural disaster like a bushfire or flood to treat impacted wildlife. The registered charity's services are provided free of charge, and it receives no government funding. It is seeking tax-deductible donations and sponsorship to continue operating. (Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images)





An opossum due to be released in Bogotá, Colombia early June 2024. The marsupial was a victim of wildlife trafficking. (Photo by Environment Secretariat Of The Mayor Of Bogota/Reuters)





2 of the 4 turtles that were found stuck to the pitch by road teams cleaning the waste material in Ergani district, are taken under treatment at Dicle Wild Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Diyarbakir, Turkiye on May 23, 2024. The turtles, which were enabled to breathe and move with the support of Dicle University (DU) Faculty of Veterinary Medicine students who receive practical training at the center, will stay at the centre until they get rid of the tar residue and can be released back to nature. (Photo by Bestami Bodruk/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Northern elephant seals huddle together at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center’s temporary field hospital in Laguna Beach, California, US on May 31, 2024. The area is seeing a higher number of sick or dead seals than in previous years. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz/AP Photo)





A raccoon is carried in a police crate after being found during a raid of high-security prison El Infiernito in Escuintla, Guatemala, Sunday, June 2, 2024. Guatemala's interior ministry on Sunday transferred 225 members of the Barrio 18 gang in order to improve prison conditions and prevent extortion from within the prison. (Photo by Moises Castillo/AP Photo)





Veterinarian Laura Rodriguez examines an injured possum at the non-profit wildlife park Selva Teneek where animals are being treated for heat stress amid a continuing heat wave and drought, in Ciudad Valles, Mexico, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Photo by Mauricio Palos/AP Photo)





Kitty, a sheep from a Northumberland flock of a Swiss breed, Valais Blacknose, enjoys a bath before the Royal Highland Show at Ingliston near Edinburgh in the second decade of June 2024. (Photo by Phil Wilkinson/The Times)





A dog stands inside a voting booth as people vote during European Parliament and municipal elections, in Budapest, Hungary, on June 9, 2024. (Photo by Marton Monus/Reuters)





A Muslim pilgrim feeds cats while visiting Mount Al-Noor, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel in the Hira cave, ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on June 11, 2024. (Photo by Saleh Salem/Reuters)





Zoo keepers prepare a tranquillised Przewalski's horse, before their release at the Alibi field station and reintroduction centre in Kazakhstan, at the acclimatisation enclosure in the village of Dolni Dobrejov, Czech Republic, on June 3, 2024. (Photo by David W. Cerny/Reuters)





Pope Francis smiles at a bird during the weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican on June 12, 2024. (Photo by Ciro De Luca/Reuters)





A man sits with his dog as Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov enters Havana’s bay, Cuba, on June 12, 2024. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)