This photograph taken on May 16, 2025 shows Dr Buddhika Bandara (L), a veterinary surgeon from Sri Lanka, examining Madhubala, an elephant who is diagnosed with tuberculosis, inside an enclosure at the Safari Park in Karachi. A team of Pakistani doctors treating a pair of elephants with tuberculosis for the first time are feeding the stubborn sisters at least 400 pills each a day. (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum/AFP Photo)





A general view of dogs at Goodwoof, held at the Goodwood Estate in West Sussex, UK on Saturday, May 17, 2025. PA Photo. (Photo by Jas Lehal/PA Media Assignments)





Chilli the dog wears has a chilli hat placed on his head in the BBC Radio 2 Dog Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo)





Bismarck the Sphinx closes its eyes while being examined by a judge during an international feline beauty competition in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)





Jacob Peter, a volunteer with London Pigeon Rescue, releases a Pigeon during checks of birds in a park in the Hackney area of London, Britain, on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





A police officer of Cannes' municipal police equestrian brigade speaks to an employee of Louis Vuitton during a patrol on the Boulevard de la Croisette, in Cannes, southeastern France, on May 11, 2025, ahead of the 78th Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes Film festival will take place from May 13th to May 24, 2025. (Photo by Valery Hache/AFP Photo)





A guest walks with her dog on the red carpet during arrivals for the screening of the film “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” Out of competition at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 14, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters)





A stork mother and her two starlets sit in their nest in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





3-month-old bear cub named 'Boncuk,' the newest resident of Gaziantep Wildlife Park, is receives special care and attention in Gaziantep, Turkiye on May 18, 2025. (Photo by Adsiz Gunebakan/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Heather Wilson and Tom Hendry, rangers on the Farne Islands, weigh a puffin using a jug as part of the annual seabird census on May 13, 2025. (Photo by Times photographer James Glossop)





Three fennec fox cubs, the only ones born in UK zoos in the past year, are being hand-reared at Longleat safari park in the second decade of May 2025 after growing nearly tenfold in six weeks. (Photo by TomAnders/Bournemouth News)





The treat of a custard cream lures one of the orphaned badgers released last summer in a private Shropshire woodland, UK in front of Richard Bowler’s camera in the second decade of May 2025. However, the photographer admits: “It’s not something that should be fed to them on a regular basis”. (Photo by Richard Bowler/Solent News & Photo Agency)





A Thai veterinarian feeds a rescued baby orangutan seized from the illegal wildlife trade at the Royal Forest Department's Wildlife Clinic in Bangkok, Thailand, 16 May 2025. Two baby orangutans were rescued after Thai police and officials from the Department of National Parks arrested a suspect before handing them over to a buyer in Bangkok on 14 May 2025, as part of the country's wildlife trafficking combat initiative under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora (CITES). (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA)





Bismarck the Sphinx cat hisses while being held by its owner Anastasia before a judge during an international feline beauty competition in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)





Minjee Lee of Australia looks on from the third green during the second round of The Chevron Championship 2025 at The Club at Carlton Woods on April 25, 2025 in The Woodlands, Texas. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)





Eva, 10, a cast member of Kynren – an epic tale of England, welcomes Snowdrop the goat as outdoor rehearsals begin for the show’s tenth anniversary season in Bishop Auckland, Co Durham, North East England on May 13, 2025. (Photo by Asadour Guzelian)





Pigs are judged at the Devon County Show at Westpoint Arena, on May 15, 2025 in Exeter, England. Established in 1872, the show has grown into one of the South West's biggest county shows, serving as a fundraising activity for the Devon County Agricultural Association. Although primarily an agricultural livestock and produce showcase, it is also seen as a barometer for the health of the whole agricultural industry in general. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)





Young giant anteater undergoing rehabilitation, Brazil, 2024. When they are very young, giant anteaters depend on constant attention from caregivers, who often need to take the animals home overnight. This juvenile was found clinging to its mother who had been run over and it was the moment of the last feeding in the office of the day. After being fed, the animals are encouraged to walk around the facilities to exercise and develop their instincts. (Photo by Fernando Faciole)





Giant armadillo’s paw, Pantanal region, Brazil, 2023. The hind leg of a young giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus), approximately one and a half years old, is held by biologist Gabriel Massocato, the fieldwork coordinator of the Giant Armadillo project. For the past 14 years, Gabriel has dedicated his life to protecting this species through extensive scientific research. (Photo by Fernando Faciole)





A member of the Bolivian Police holds a dog during a march against animal abuse in La Paz, Bolivia, 09 May 2025. (Photo by Luis Gandarillas/EPA)