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Rachel Dancyg holds her dog, Billie, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Israeli soldiers found Billie in the Gaza Strip, 18 months after she disappeared during Hamas' attack on Dancyg's Kibbutz of Nir Oz, in Binyamina, Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli troops in Gaza find dog that disappeared for 18 months after Hamas attack and return her to family

A dog has been reunited with an Israeli family after the pet vanished for 18 months in Gaza. Rachel Dancyg never thought she would see her Cavalier King Charles spaniel again after the dog named Billie disappeared during the Hamas attack on her community on Oct. 7, 2023.

This combination of photos shows author/illustrator Lili Chin with her Boston Terrier Boogie, left, and cover art for "Dogs of the World: A Gallery of Pups from Purebreds to Mutts," by Lili Chin. (Amanda Brooks via AP, left, and Penguin Random House/Ten Speed via AP)

600 kinds of dogs? Pet illustrator Lili Chin aims to capture them all in whimsical drawings

Tiffany Emanuel holds her pet tortoise, Myrtle, in Kokomo, Miss., on Thursday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Sophie Bates)

A beloved pet tortoise is reunited with its family weeks after disappearing in a Mississippi tornado

This Jan. 24, 2025 file image provided by the Arizona Game and Fish Department shows a Mexican gray wolf in the wild that was monitored as part of a population survey in eastern Arizona. (Arizona Game and Fish Department via AP File)

Snatched pets and livestock deaths blamed on wolves prompt emergency in rural New Mexico

Albert Whitehead spends time with Star, his pet reindeer, in Whitehead's backyard in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Beloved Anchorage pet reindeer euthanized after someone tampered with pen, possibly poisoned him

Endangered Fijian iguanas have been receiving care at San Diego Zoo after being rescued in Spain

Eight critically endangered Fijian iguanas have been receiving care at the San Diego Zoo since February, after being rescued from illegal wildlife trafficking in Spain.

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Iconic pet reindeer in Alaska falls mysteriously ill after someone tampers in his pen

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Women attend a spinning class on a hotel building's helipad in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Up, up and spinning away. More Brazilians taking outdoor spin classes on helipads

This undated image released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows Savage Pet of El Cajon, Calif.'s Savage Cat Food Large Chicken Boxes and Small Chicken Boxes. (U.S. Food and Drug Administration via AP)

Another raw pet food recall is tied to illness and death in cats

This undated photo provided by Sherry Gaber shows Betsy Arakawa with her dogs Zinna, left, and Bear, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Sherry Gaber via AP)

Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s dog likely died of dehydration and starvation, report says

A dog rides on the back of a scooter as people celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A dog on a scooter with Holi powder on its forehead shows how much Indians love their pets

Star, a pet reindeer, is shown in the backyard of his owner Albert Whitehead in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Iconic pet reindeer in Alaska falls mysteriously ill after someone tampers in his pen

In this image provided by Carolyn Kiefer her mother, Katherine Kiefer, 82, is reunited with her cat Aggie at VCA Chatoak Animal Hospital after the Palisades Fire destroyed her home and the cat was missing, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Carolyn Kiefer via AP)

One cat’s incredible reunion with its owner after the LA wildfires

This photo provided by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) shows a turtle in a box after a Pennsylvania man was caught with the turtle concealed in his pants when the TSA body scanner triggered an alarm in the area of the man’s groin on Friday, March 7, 2025, at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J. (TSA via AP)

Man found with a live turtle concealed in his pants by TSA at a New Jersey airport

This combination photograph shows pet cats in carry bags at Kashmir veterinary hospital in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Cat owners in Kashmir thrown into a tizzy over viral posts bad-mouthing their pets

Maxwell, a young male was one of two kittens that the Leicester family adopted after their beloved adult cat Jimmy was run over and killed last year, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in Le Pecq. (AP Photo/John Leicester)

Losing a pet can cut deeper than many people realize. Here’s how friends can help

This April 23, 2019, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows Maddie, a pitbull mix, standing in a vacant spot between plants in a Long Island, N.Y, garden. Dense garden-bed designs that don't allow for such unplanted patches discourage entry by plant-trampling dogs who enjoy running laps. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

They dig, they pee, they trample. How to garden when you love both dogs and plants

A silhouetted cat sits on a fence of a condominium complex at dusk, June 18, 2017, in La Habra, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)

Dairy workers’ cats died from bird flu, but it’s not clear how they got infected

A woman holds an axolotl during a media presentation in Xochimilco, a borough of Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Ancient deity, pet and endangered species. Why is axolotl Mexico’s most beloved amphibian?

Cats in Oregon euthanized after eating raw pet food tainted with bird flu

This image made from video provided by SAVE Wildlife Conservation Fund Poland shows a rare black wolf crossing a stream in a Polish forest last summer. (SAVE Wildlife Conservation Fund Poland via AP)

Pair of rare black wolves caught on camera in Polish forest by wildlife researchers

Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi, right, and his girlfriend Nani Hinton, left, pets Parsnip, a puppy from The Humane Society of Greater Kansas City that was featured in the Puppy Bowl XXI, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in Kansas City, Kan. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)

Kansas City Chiefs player becomes a coach to a mutt named Parsnip for the ‘Puppy Bowl’

Tuesday, a female cat who lives inside the 'Cuartel de Ballaja' in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, March. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Cats won’t be banned in Scotland, the government confirms

FILE -Ambulance staff adjust a stretcher as other ambulances wait outside the Royal London Hospital in east London, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

The runaway alligator and other bizarre calls that hampered UK ambulance dispatchers

Cheryl Gaw plays with some of the 2,500 pugs she has rescued in South Africa at her home in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana)

Pug life: A South African woman has rescued more than 2,500 of the lovable ‘clowns of the dog world’

Kristyn Tramel walks her dog Bluey with her 8-year-old son Penn in the French Quarter, in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

How to survive snow and bitter cold that’s reached all the way to the Gulf Coast

Rev. José Antonio Carballo, rector of the Metropolitan Cathedral, celebrates the annual blessing of the animals Mass at Mexico City's Metropolitan Cathedral, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Blessings for dogs? Bring them to Mexico City’s cathedral and St. Anthony will do the rest

Melissa Rivers appears at the premiere of "Lucy and Desi" in Los Angeles on Feb. 15, 2022. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Melissa Rivers recounts grabbing valued possessions before Pacific Palisades fire burned home down

This photo provided by Joseph Journell of San Bernardino, Calif. shows two of his cats, Alexander, background, and Tuxsie, right, who died from bird flu after they drank raw cow's milk. Cleo, center, did not drink the milk and remained healthy. (Joseph Journell via AP)

2 beloved pet cats died after drinking raw milk recalled for bird flu

Horse owners Joycelyn Writer, left, and Rachel Granger, pet donkeys that have found temporary shelter at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Californians scrambled to evacuate dogs, cats, horses, even pigs as LA flames closed in

In this image from video provided by KDFW FOX 4, firefighters spray water on the Plaza Latina shopping center in Dallas, Texas on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (KDFW FOX 4 via AP)

Hundreds of animals killed in Dallas shopping center fire

A recall alert is displayed on a refrigerator at a pet store in Tigard, Ore., on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, after Northwest Naturals announced a voluntary recall Tuesday of one batch of its 2-pound Feline Turkey Recipe raw frozen pet food after it tested positive for the virus. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Cats can get bird flu from raw food. Here’s how to protect them

Oregon house cat died after eating pet food that tested positive for bird flu

Scrim is seen at the Metairie Small Animal Hospital in Metairie on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Brett Duke/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

A fugitive gains fame in New Orleans eluding dart guns and nets

In this image provided by Salvamont Maramures, a Romanian mountain rescue service, Peach the cat peers from the jacket of its owner, 28 year-old Vladislav Duda from Ukraine, in the Carpathian Mountains , northern Romania, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024 after they were rescued from a deep mountain ravine in a state of severe hypothermia. (Salvamont Maramures via AP)

Ukrainian man fleeing war rescued with his kitten on a perilous journey through Romanian mountains

Children stand under a play parachute during an event organized by the local NGO Ukrainian Frontiers during celebration St. Nicholas Day in Izium, Ukraine, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

‘Reindeer’ volunteers bring holiday magic to Ukrainian children living on the frontlines

6 people are hurt, 3 critically, after a house explodes in Missouri