A youth was scared out of his wits when he found himself being chased by a pig in Turkey’s northern Giresun province that he hurled himself atop a nearby vehicle in hopes of saving his neck.

This regal horse had the time of its life as it played and rolled around in the snow in Turkey’s northern Tokat province.

Municipality workers in Turkey’s southeastern Hakkari province rescued a dog that had been left to die after unidentified perpetrators tied its paws with electrical wire.

Terrifying footage shows the moment a mother in Uzbek capital Tashkent dropped her 3-year-old daughter into the enclosure of a bear named “Zuzu.” Fortunately, Zuzu did not make bear meat out of the toddler as a team of six got her out in time.

Heartwarming footage revealed the moments a dog owner took their canine sledding in Turkey’s snow-covered Istanbul.

Erzurum Metropolitan Municipality teams rescued 63 puppies that were on the verge of freezing to death after they received a tip-off from a Good Samaritan in one of the country’s coldest provinces. Teams collected the canines and delivered them to an animal shelter where they were fed and treated.

After two hours of hard work, teams of the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) managed to rescue a shivering dog that was stuck under a mass of snow in Turkey’s southern Gaziantep province.

An adorable cat in Turkey’s northern Artvin province shot to fame when a video of it standing on its hind legs and asking the local businesses for food by putting its paws together in what seems to be a prayer position went viral.

An adorable kitten that got its head stuck in a tin can was rescued by police officers on duty who fortunately noticed the feline’s struggle in Turkey’s western province of Kirklareli.

Gendarme forces patrolling in Turkey’s eastern Bitlis province got to an injured fox that was on the verge of freezing to death in the nick of time. Reports stated that the injured fox was taken to an animal rehabilitation center for treatment.

An officer of the Turkish gendarme hand-fed a hungry fox foraging near settlements in heartwarming footage captured in the eastern province of Van.

Villagers in the northern Turkish city of Artvin included their goat friends in their lively traditional dance, the "horon," as flabbergasted social media users watched with their mouths gaping open.

Firefighter teams miraculously rescued a cat that had sustained partial burns as an infernal blaze tore through Chile’s Laguna Verde, where at least 100 homes were affected and 15 people injured by fires.

A flock of sheep was extremely intrigued by the pup of a sheepdog in Turkish capital Ankara as they sniffed the little fellow tagging along.

A flock of ostriches caused a kerfuffle on the streets of southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region when about 80 of them escaped a farm.

A stray dog attempted to take a chunk out of a man sweeping the ground in front of his shop in Turkey’s western Bursa province.

A waddle of African penguins, otherwise known as Jackass Penguins, gulped down several sardines, one after the other, as they enjoyed a spot of lunch at the Bursa Zoo in western Turkey.

A mock boxing match between a dog and a bus driver in the Turkish capital Ankara delighted social media users with its playful exchange.

Meet Jamila, a most adorable street bird that has conquered the hearts of this fire brigade in Turkey’s Manisa ever since she was rescued, becoming the team’s mascot and sharing food and drinks with the men, when she’s not perched on their heads and shoulders that is!

An adorable giant panda cub face-planted itself into the white mush as animals at the Smithsonian's National Zoo enjoyed the first snowfall of the year in Washington.