Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Ioannis Panopoulos, 40, checks a white tiger cub that was abandoned outside the Attica Zoological Park and is believed to be a victim of illegal wildlife trade, at a clinic in Athens, Greece, March 15, 2023. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas 

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Ioannis Panopoulos, 40, veterinarian anaesthesiologist George Polyzois, 28, and zoo and wildlife veterinarian Arsinoi Psaroudaki, 32, check a white tiger cub that was abandoned outside the Attica Zoological Park and is believed to be a victim of illegal wildlife trade, at a clinic in Athens, Greece, March 15, 2023. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas 

Veterinary doctor Giselle Rubio gives a medicine to a Sphynx cat that 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 February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Members of veterinary team wearing protective gears, sterilize a sheep to curb the spread of Hemorrhagic fever, on the outskirt of Baghdad, Iraq, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad 

A member of a veterinary team wearing protective gear, carries a sheep for sterilize him to curb the spread of Hemorrhagic fever, on the outskirt of Baghdad, Iraq, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad 

Members of veterinary team wearing protective gears, sterilize a sheep to curb the spread of Hemorrhagic fever, on the outskirt of Baghdad, Iraq, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad 

Members of veterinary team wearing protective gears spray disinfectants at a farm's cattle and enclosures, to curb the spread of Hemorrhagic fever, on the outskirt of Baghdad, Iraq, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad 

Members of veterinary team wearing protective gears, sterilize a sheep to curb the spread of Hemorrhagic fever, on the outskirt of Baghdad, Iraq, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad 

A member of a veterinary team wearing protective gear sprays disinfectants at a farm's cattle and enclosures, to curb the spread of Hemorrhagic fever, on the outskirt of Baghdad, Iraq, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad 

Anastasia Komninou, professor of veterinary medicine and head of the rehabilitation project at MOm, observes a monk seal at the care center of Attica Park near Athens, Greece, November 30, 2021. Picture taken November 30, 2021. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas 

Anastasia Komninou, professor of veterinary medicine and head of the rehabilitation project at MOm, and veterinarian Nikitas Vogiatzis, examine a Monk seal at the care centre of the Attica Park near Athens, Greece, November 30, 2021. Picture taken November 30, 2021. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas 

Anastasia Komninou, professor of veterinary medicine and head of the rehabilitation project at MOm, examines a monk seal at the care center of the Attica Park, near Athens, Greece, November 30, 2021. Picture taken November 30, 2021. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas 

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during a ceremony to lay the first stone of Chivo Vet, a veterinary hospital financed with the gains El Salvador has obtained from its bitcoin operations, in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas 

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during a ceremony to lay the first stone of Chivo Vet, a veterinary hospital financed with the gains El Salvador has obtained from its bitcoin operations, in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas 

Construction workers drop concrete during a ceremony to lay the first stone of Chivo Vet, a veterinary hospital financed with the gains El Salvador has obtained from its bitcoin operations, in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas 

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during a ceremony to lay the first stone of Chivo Vet, a veterinary hospital financed with the gains El Salvador has obtained from its bitcoin operations, in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas 

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during a ceremony to lay the first stone of a veterinary hospital financed with the gains El Salvador has obtained from its bitcoin operations, in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas 

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele drops concrete from a mixer truck during a ceremony to lay the first stone of Chivo Vet, a veterinary hospital financed with the gains El Salvador has obtained from its bitcoin operations, in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas 

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during a ceremony to lay the first stone of Chivo Vet, a veterinary hospital financed with the gains El Salvador has obtained from its bitcoin operations, in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas 

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during a ceremony to lay the first stone of Chivo Vet, a veterinary hospital financed with the gains El Salvador has obtained from its bitcoin operations, in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas 

Veterinary Nurses Amanda Guthrie and Sheryl Bradley carry out a routine health check on Velma the Coati in the veterinary hospital at ZSL London Zoo, as zookeepers continue to tend to thousands of animals with the zoo remained closed to the public, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, February 10, 2021. Picture taken February 10, 20201. REUTERS/Hannah McKay 

Veterinary Nurses Amanda Guthrie and Sheryl Bradley carry out a routine health check on Velma the Coati in the veterinary hospital at ZSL London Zoo, as zookeepers continue to tend to thousands of animals with the zoo remained closed to the public, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, February 10, 2021. Picture taken February 10, 20201. REUTERS/Hannah McKay 

A military dog sniffs a urine sample during a demonstration to detect the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at an army veterinary hospital in New Delhi, India, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

A military dog sniffs urine samples during a demonstration to detect the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at an army veterinary hospital in New Delhi, India, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

An army soldier wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) walks a military dog to check sweat samples during a demonstration to detect the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at an army veterinary hospital in New Delhi, India, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

An army soldier wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) sits next to a military dog after a demonstration of the dog on how to detect the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at an army veterinary hospital in New Delhi, India, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

Employees of the Kozani municipality's veterinary service wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) make their way in a mink farm, where numerous animals tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), before the culling of the entire herd, near the village of Kaloneri, Greece, November 14, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

An employee of the Kozani municipality's veterinary service wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stands next to an excavator carrying culled mink, during the culling of the whole herd in a farm where numerous animals tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), near the village of Kaloneri, Greece, November 14, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

An employee of the Kozani municipality's veterinary service wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) makes his way in a mink farm, where numerous animals tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), before the culling of the entire herd, near the village of Kaloneri, Greece, November 14, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis 

An employee of the Kozani municipality's veterinary service wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stands next to an excavator carrying culled mink, during the culling of the whole herd in a farm where numerous animals tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), near the village of Kaloneri, Greece, November 14, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis 

Employees of the Kozani municipality's veterinary service wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) are seen in a mink farm, where numerous animals tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), before the culling of the entire herd, near the village of Kaloneri, Greece, November 14, 2020. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis 

Ignacio Idalsoaga, manager of the 'Buin Zoo' which is looking for sponsors to funds for food, maintenance and veterinary controls for its animals due the lockdown, poses for a picture, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Buin, Santiago, Chile September 9, 2020. Picture taken September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

A model depicting Noah's Ark is seen at the 'Buin Zoo' which is looking for sponsors to funds for food, maintenance and veterinary controls for its animals due the lockdown during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Buin, Santiago, Chile September 9, 2020. Picture taken September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

A child, whose family sponsors an animal, hugs a plush bird from the 'Buin Zoo' which is looking for sponsors to funds for food, maintenance and veterinary controls for its animals due the lockdown, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Buin, Santiago, Chile September 9, 2020. Picture taken September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

A bird is seen on a fence at the 'Buin Zoo' which is looking for sponsors to funds for food, maintenance and veterinary controls for its animals due the lockdown, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Buin, Santiago, Chile September 9, 2020. Picture taken September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

A giraffe is seen next to a vintage car at the 'Buin Zoo' which is looking for sponsors to funds for food, maintenance and veterinary controls for its animals due the lockdown, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Buin, Santiago, Chile September 9, 2020. Picture taken September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

A lion is seen through a glass at the 'Buin Zoo' which is looking for sponsors to funds for food, maintenance and veterinary controls for its animals due the lockdown, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Buin, Santiago, Chile September 9, 2020. Picture taken September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

A baboon is seen at the 'Buin Zoo' which is looking for sponsors to funds for food, maintenance and veterinary controls for its animals due the lockdown, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Buin, Santiago, Chile September 9, 2020. Picture taken September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

A pygmy hippo rests on a puddle while its pool (not pictured) is cleaned at the 'Buin Zoo' which is looking for sponsors to funds for food, maintenance and veterinary controls for its animals due the lockdown, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Buin, Santiago, Chile September 9, 2020. Picture taken September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

A bird is seen through a fence at the 'Buin Zoo' which is looking for sponsors to funds for food, maintenance and veterinary controls for its animals due the lockdown, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Buin, Santiago, Chile September 9, 2020. Picture taken September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

Atanasio, a white rhino calf, stands next to his mother Hanna at the 'Buin Zoo' which is looking for sponsors to funds for food, maintenance and veterinary controls for its animals due the lockdown, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Buin, Santiago, Chile September 9, 2020. Picture taken September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

Meerkats look at a worm while they are fed at the 'Buin Zoo' which is looking for sponsors to funds for food, maintenance and veterinary controls for its animals due the lockdown, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Buin, Santiago, Chile September 9, 2020. Picture taken September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

A zookeeper cleans a rhino at the 'Buin Zoo' which is looking for sponsors to funds for food, maintenance and veterinary controls for its animals due the lockdown, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Buin, Santiago, Chile September 9, 2020. Picture taken September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

A crocodile floats inside its pool at the 'Buin Zoo' which is looking for sponsors to funds for food, maintenance and veterinary controls for its animals due the lockdown, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Buin, Santiago, Chile September 9, 2020. Picture taken September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado 

A recovered anteater is released in Amazon forest after receiving veterinary treatment by a veterinarian of the state environmental police Marcelo Andreani and the owner of the veterinary clinic Clinidog Carlos Henrique, near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, August 19, 2020. The anteater arrived with a broken left paw after a clash with a fierce porcupine. The patient had been found hiding in a garage and, again, the vets think it might have been fleeing fires as anteaters rarely turn up in the city. The fracture required surgery. Under anaesthetic, a giant tongue rolled out of the anteater's mouth, earning it the affectionate nickname Linguaruda, or Long-tongue. After surgery, one of the vets took Linguaruda home to keep a closer eye on her recovery. In five days, Linguaruda was strong enough to return to the wild - the best outcome her rescuers could wish for. Linguaruda was freed near a forest trail, where it eagerly clambered among the trees once more. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "BRAZIL ANIMALS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Veterinarian Carine Hanna takes care of Xita, a Rondon's marmoset, who was rescued by the state environmental police after giving birth, at the Clinidog veterinary clinic, in Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, August 24, 2020. Vets at the clinic believe the mother and baby were run over by a car as they fled the fires raging across the Amazon. "She arrived stressed, screaming and smeared with blood," said Carlos Henrique Tiburcio, the owner of the clinic. The team diagnosed Xita with a traumatic brain injury. She is wrapped and fed, and her condition slowly improves. But her baby doesn't make it. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "BRAZIL ANIMALS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Veterinarian Carine Hanna takes care of Xita, a Rondon's marmoset, who was rescued by the state environmental police after giving birth, at the Clinidog veterinary clinic, in Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, August 24, 2020. Vets at the clinic believe the mother and baby were run over by a car as they fled the fires raging across the Amazon. "She arrived stressed, screaming and smeared with blood," said Carlos Henrique Tiburcio, the owner of the clinic. The team diagnosed Xita with a traumatic brain injury. She is wrapped and fed, and her condition slowly improves. But her baby doesn't make it. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "BRAZIL ANIMALS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Veterinarian Carine Hanna holds a baby monkey whose mother was rescued by the state environmental police after giving birth, at the Clinidog veterinary clinic, in Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, August 24, 2020. Vets at the clinic believe the mother and baby were run over by a car as they fled the fires raging across the Amazon. "She arrived stressed, screaming and smeared with blood," said Carlos Henrique Tiburcio, the owner of the clinic. The team diagnosed Xita with a traumatic brain injury. She is wrapped and fed, and her condition slowly improves. But her baby doesn't make it. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "BRAZIL ANIMALS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A dead baby monkey whose mother was rescued by the state environmental police after giving birth, is seen after receiving veterinary care at the Clinidog veterinary clinic, in Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, August 24, 2020. Vets at the clinic believe the mother and baby were run over by a car as they fled the fires raging across the Amazon. "She arrived stressed, screaming and smeared with blood," said Carlos Henrique Tiburcio, the owner of the clinic. The team diagnosed Xita with a traumatic brain injury. She is wrapped and fed, and her condition slowly improves. But her baby doesn't make it. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "BRAZIL ANIMALS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Veterinarian Carlos Henrique cares for a Caracara hawk with symptoms of food infection at the Clinidog veterinary clinic near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil August 24, 2020. The weak and the dying animals arrive at the clinic where a group of four volunteers work tirelessly to try and save them. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "BRAZIL ANIMALS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Veterinarian Carlos Henrique cares for a Caracara hawk with symptoms of food infection at the Clinidog veterinary clinic near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil August 24, 2020. The weak and the dying animals arrive at the clinic where a group of four volunteers work tirelessly to try and save them. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "BRAZIL ANIMALS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Veterinarian Carlos Henrique cares for a Caracara hawk with symptoms of food infection at the Clinidog veterinary clinic near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil August 24, 2020. The weak and the dying animals arrive at the clinic where a group of four volunteers work tirelessly to try and save them. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "BRAZIL ANIMALS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Red macaw undergoes a necropsy procedure at the Clinidog veterinary clinic, after it was brought in weak and sick at the headquarters of the state environmental police in Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "BRAZIL ANIMALS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Red macaw undergoes a necropsy procedure at the Clinidog veterinary clinic, after it was brought in weak and sick at the headquarters of the state environmental police in Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "BRAZIL ANIMALS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Red macaw undergoes a necropsy procedure at the Clinidog veterinary clinic, after it was brought in weak and sick at the headquarters of the state environmental police in Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "BRAZIL ANIMALS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Veterinarian Carlos Henrique Tiburcio cares for a Caracara hawk with symptoms of food infection at the Clinidog veterinary clinic near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil August 24, 2020. The weak and the dying animals arrive at the clinic where a group of four volunteers work tirelessly to try and save them. "Our personal and professional satisfaction is immense when we manage to save a life, especially when we manage to rehabilitate an animal and return it to nature," Tiburcio said. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "BRAZIL ANIMALS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Veterinarian Carlos Henrique Tiburcio cares for a Caracara hawk with symptoms of food infection at the Clinidog veterinary clinic near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil August 24, 2020. The weak and the dying animals arrive at the clinic where a group of four volunteers work tirelessly to try and save them. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "BRAZIL ANIMALS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Veterinarians perform a surgery on a camel in an operating theatre at The Salam Veterinary Hospital in Buraidah, Al Qassim, Saudi Arabia, September 3, 2020. Picture taken September 3, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri 

A veterinarian performs a surgery on a camel in an operating theatre at The Salam Veterinary Hospital in Buraidah, Al Qassim, Saudi Arabia, September 3, 2020. Picture taken September 3, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri 

A veterinarian looks on as his assistants provide insulin to a baby camel at The Salam Veterinary Hospital in Buraidah, Al Qassim, Saudi Arabia, September 3, 2020. Picture taken September 3, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri CORRECTING NAME OF HOSPITAL