Pets in a pandemic

Elisa Noel plays with Leona, a
3.5-year-old American staff she
adopted two weeks ago, in Wavre,
Belgium April 6, 2020.
REUTERS/Yves Herman

John Walker casts a shadow over his
cat Sheldon at the Bella-B Mobile
Home Park, where owner Yacov Sinai
decreased rents by $225, or about
27%, to help residents in difficult
economic situations during the
outbreak, in Seattle, Washington,
April 6,

Cynthia Burrell, a massage therapist
whose home-based business has
been shuttered in the outbreak,
feeds her chicken Speck in her
backyard in Seattle, Washington,
April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey
Wasson

A woman wearing a face mask waits
with a dog for items to be delivered
through barricades set up to block
buildings from a street in Wuhan,
China, April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Aly
Song

Bryan Regnier is seen with his dogs
Sky, a Chihuahua and T'ouva, a mix
between Malinois and Groenendael,
in Wavre, Belgium April 6, 2020.
REUTERS/Yves Herman

Sandra Dozie, 27, pets her rabbit at
home in Lagos, Nigeria April 2, 2020.
REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Lea, 19, plays with her cat as she
studies at home during the
coronavirus lockdown in Moorsel,
Belgium March 31, 2020.
REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Anna Edith Slepicka, who must stay
at home, sits next to her dog Neo
while waving to the nurse visiting
her at her home daily in Brussels,
Belgium March 31, 2020.
REUTERS/Yves Herman

A cat is seen at a home in al-Fari'ah
refugee camp during a home
confinement order in the
Israeli-occupied West Bank March 31,
2020. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta

A woman walks her dog during a
curfew in Belgrade, Serbia, March
23, 2020. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Wearing a mask for the first time in
public, Carrie Eaton feeds rabbit
Walter while they take a short walk
at Golden Gardens Park the day after
the CDC recommended people wear
non-medical face masks in public
during the coronavirus outbreak in

A domestic black cat looks at a cat
sitting outside the window, in the
village of Blecourt, France, March 29,
2020. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

A man rides a skateboard with dogs
on Princes Street in Edinburgh,
Britain, March 31, 2020.
REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

A dog wearing a protective mask is
seen with its owner inside an
autorickshaw in Chennai, India,
March 30, 2020. REUTERS/P.
Ravikumar

Home veterinarian Wendy J
McCulloch examines 8-year-old
Ivy at the closed Botanica Inc. offi
as she makes client home visits
Manhattan, New York City, March
2020. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

dog look out of a window in Prague,
Czech Republic, March 24, 2020.
REUTERS/David W Cerny

A woman walks her dog through a
deserted Paseo de la Castellana
avenue in Madrid, Spain, March 28,
2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera

Kaethe Singer, accompanied by her
cat, studies at home in Jugenheim
near Darmstadt, Germany, March 19,
2020. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

A cat is seen in a balcony during a
citywide round of applause for health
workers in Buenos Aires, Argentina
March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Agustin
Marcarian

A man wearing a protective mask
walks his dog in Bari, Italy March 31,
2020. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo

A cat lies in a window near a theatre
in Oberammergau, Germany, March
19, 2020.

A man relaxes with his dog on
Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, March 26, 2020.
REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

A dog looks out the window as a boy
studies at home via video
conference in Rome, Italy, March 30,
2020. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria

A man walks his dog on the deserted
Piazza del Popolo square in Rome,
Italy, March 13, 2020.
REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

A dog wears a mask on a street in
Shanghai, China March 22, 2020.
REUTERS/Aly Song

People walk with their dog along a
beach resort in Cabo San Lucas,
Mexico April 1, 2020.
REUTERS/Monserrat Zavala

A dog looks through an apartment
window in Washington, March 17,
2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

A man and a dog cross an empty
road in Madrid, Spain March 22,
2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera