A rescue worker holds a young cat pulled out from a collapsed building in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Thursday, February 16, 2023. More than 39,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago. While the death toll is almost certain to rise even further, many of the tens of thousands of survivors left homeless were still struggling to meet basic needs, like finding shelter from the bitter cold. (Photo by Ismail Coskun/IHA via AP Photo)





A rescued dog named Pay de Limon (Lemon Pie), who is in the running for America's favorite pet title and whose front paws, according to media reports, were chopped off by organised crime, runs wearing his two front prosthetic legs at Milagros Caninos, in Xochimilco, Mexico on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Raquel Cunha/Reuters)





A dog covered in mud is seen at one of the landslide sites after severe rainfall at Barra do Sahy, in Sao Sebastiao, Brazil on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Amanda Perobelli/Reuters)





Ducks are seen inside a poultry farm in Castelnau-Tursan, France on January 24, 2023. (Photo by Stephane Mahe/Reuters)





33-year-old Ali Cakas takes care of “Enkaz” (“Rubble”), the cat rescued from rubble by the members of Mardin Fire Department and becomes the source of joy as the search and rescue efforts continue after 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes hit multiple provinces of Turkiye including Gaziantep, Turkiye on February 14, 2023. On Feb. 06, a strong 7.7 earthquake, centered in the Pazarcik district, jolted Kahramanmaras and strongly shook several provinces, including Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, Adiyaman, Malatya, Osmaniye, Hatay, and Kilis. Later, at 13.24 (1024GMT), a 7.6 magnitude quake centered in Kahramanmaras' Elbistan district struck the region. (Photo by Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Seminole alligator wrestler Billy Walker, of the Big Cypress Reservation, sticks his hand in an alligator's mouth after tiring it out, in a demonstration as part of the three-day Seminole Tribal Fair and Pow Wow, Friday, February 10, 2023, at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Fla. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the event, an annual celebration of Native American culture and arts, bringing together members of various tribes from across the U.S. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)





Abdulkerim, 16, from Kahramanmaras, carries his bird into a stadium, which serves as a camp for survivors, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey on February 15, 2023. (Photo by Nir Elias/Reuters)





A model walks with Penny, Pomeranian, during the CatWalk FurBaby show during the New York Fashion Week in New York, U.S., February 10, 2023. (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Reuters)





Amir, 21, from Kahramanmaras, kisses his brother's birds by the entrance to his tent at a stadium, which serves as a camp for survivors, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey on February 15, 2023. (Photo by Nir Elias/Reuters)





Rajendra Garawad, deputy inspector general of Forest, National Tiger Conservation, inspects a sedated cheetah, before being flown with eleven others from South Africa to India under an agreement between the two governments to introduce the African cats to the South Asian country over the next decade, at Rooiberg veterinary facility, Limpopo province, South Africa on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)





Yulia feeds homeless dogs in Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, 16 February 2023 (Issued 17 february 2023). Yulia is a member of lthe local NGO “Terytoria Dobra” (Territory of kindness), which takes care of homeless animals. In 2021, the international organization “Animal ID” counted 267 homeless dogs in the town. Nowadays, 144 volunteers of “Terytoria Dobra” daily feed 924 dogs and 1392 cats in Druzhkivka. The increase in the number of homeless animals was caused by the war, as many of the people who had to lave their home to seek safety, also had to leave their pets behind. Russian troops entered Ukraine on 24 February 2022 starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. (Photo by Oleg Petrasyuk/EPA/EFE)





A man holds a cat which he rescued, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Antakya, Turkey on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Nir Elias/Reuters)





Personnel of the 35th Separate Marine Brigade of Ukrainian forces on duty on the frontline near the towns of Vuhledar and Marinka as Russian-Ukrainian war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on February 14, 2023. (Photo by Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Veterinary doctor Giselle Rubio shows a Sphynx cat during a news conference to announce that the cat is available for adoption, after it was rescued by police from the Cereso 3 prison with a tattoo that reads “Made in Mexico”, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)





A crow attacks a passerby, in a series of crow attacks on residents at a neighbourhood in Singapore on February 14, 2023. (Photo by Leonard Phuah/Shin Min Daily/Singapore Press Holding Media Trust via Reuters)





Bizsu, an 8-year-old Siberian Husky, howls next to her owner, Fanni Lehoczki, researcher during a test trying to find why specific dog breeds are more to prone howl and whether it is linked to their genetic closeness to wolves, at the Ethology Department of the Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary on February 7, 2023. (Photo by Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)





Portuguese rescue team members are trying to free the dog named Tarcin (Cinnamon) in a building that collapsed during the earthquake in Antakya capital of Hatay Province, Turkey, 14 February 2023. A team from Portugal of 53 Civil Protection, GNR, and emergency medical personnel left 08 February, for Turkey to support search and rescue efforts after 06 February earthquake, in which more than 37,000 people died and thousands more were injured. (Photo by Joao Relvas/EPA/EFE)





Portuguese rescue team members pose for a photo with dog named Tarcin (Cinnamon) saved from a building that collapsed during the earthquake in Antakya capital of Hatay Province, Turkey, 14 February 2023. (Photo by Joao Relvas/EPA/EFE)





Petek Nur Sezer, a volunteer for the local NGO Haytap, feeds a kitten in Antakya, south of Turkey, where many animals are trapped in the rubbles after the February 6th earthquake, on February 18, 2023. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Gaziantep, Turkey, in the early hours of February 6, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor just after midday. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and has killed more than 40,000 people (Photo by Yasin Akgul/AFP Photo)





People and their dogs participate in the Doggywood Pageant dog show as part of Sydney WorldPride 2023 fair day in Sydney, Sunday on February 19, 2023. (Photo by Steven Saphore/AAP Image)