Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses with his Jack Russell terrier Dilyn after casting his vote at a polling station in central London for the general election on 12 December 2019.
US singer and actress Tori Spelling with her pet pig; seeing that Spelling is Jewish, the pet has the added comfort that it is unlikely to appear on the family dinner table.
New York City Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa and wife Nancy Sliwa fondle some of the 15 cats they live with at their studio apartment in Manhattan on Friday, 22 October 2021.
Jenevieve "The Sorceress" Hexxx holds her pet red-tailed boa Odezza as she poses before her match against Daisy "Doomsday" Ducati during "Lingerie Fighting Championships 31: Booty Camp 2" at FSW Arena on 23 March 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
French president Emmanuel Macron tries to get his Black Labrador Nemo to sit during a meeting at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris on 30 August 2017.
Russian singer Feodor Shalyapin with his French bulldog in 1918.
Former boxing champion Mike Tyson holds a white homing pigeon at the National Pigeon Association’s 93rd annual Grand National Pigeon Show in Ontario, California on 29 January 2015. Tyson, who had pigeons as a youngster, has 1,800 now in Nevada, New Jersey and New York.
Then-president Bill Clinton holds Socks the cat as he and first lady Hillary host Washington elementary schoolchildren at the White House on 20 December 1996.
Actress Salma Hayek, like the goddess Athena, has a weakness for an owl.
Singer Shakira is known for her athletic bouncing about on the stage so it is little surprise that she has a special place in her heart for a pet bunny.
Kelly Osbourne and her pet pooch Polly attend the Francesca Liberatore fashion show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at The Dock, Skylight at Moynihan Station on 9 September 2016.
Japan's Empress Masako (R) and her husband Emperor Naruhito (L) posing for a photograph while still crown prince and princess with their pet dog Yuri at Togu Palace in Tokyo on 4 December 2018. They ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne on 1 May 2019.
Then-president Barack Obama is almost yanked off his feet as he shows off his family's new dog Bo, a six-month-old Portuguese water dog with his daughters Malia, left, and Sasha, right, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on 14 April 2009.