Staff Sgt. Butch is greeted by Capt. Andrea Lohmann during a training exercise that had the dog working with a handler around soldiers preparing an obstacle course on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
Two rare white lion cubs play with each other at the Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen, Netherlends.
A dog belonging to US Marines from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, Bravo company stands beside a caged bird in the Musa Qala District of Afghnaistan's Helmand province.
Qasim, a laborer, smiles as a camel nuzzles him near sacks of grain in a wholesale market in Karachi, Pakistan. Secret lovers?
Spanish model Maria Reyes poses with her dog Pancho on the red carpet before the Spanish Film Academy's Goya awards ceremony at Madrid's Royal Theatre.
Bagira, a 17-year-old lioness, looks on after her arrival at the Lions Rock Big Cat Sanctuary in Bethlehem, South Africa.
Visitors looking at part of the new aquarium at Ocean Park in Hong Kong.
Animal Control officer Anthony Crothers holds a cat as he tries to remove a can from its head in Evansville, Ind.
A moose eats plants and berries from an ornamental tree in the back yard of an office in Anchorage, Alaska.
A Panda bear climbs down a ladder in its snow covered enclosure at the Beijing Zoo
Head of Memphis Animal Services Matt Pepper spent most of Saturday sitting in a cage at the Animal Shelter wearing a dog costume. Pepper said he'd stay in that cage until all 31 dogs available for adoption Saturday found homes
Ilsa, a Bermese Mountain Dog from Kent, Connecticut, cristens the crosswalk at West 37th St. and 7th Ave. just outside Madison Square Garden where the Westminster Dog Show takes place.