A dog walks on the street in the Trastevere area of Rome.
A woman walks her dog while another dog passes by in a car in Seattle.
A dog looks through the window in downtown Washington, D.C.
A dog wearing a mask is seen on a street in Shanghai.
A cat relaxes by the window in the town of Oberammergau.
A man walks his dog on Piazza del Popolo square, during lockdown in Rome.
A man and his dog cross an empty road in Madrid.
A man with his dog on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, this during the coronavirus outbreak.
A cat looks at another cat sitting outside the window, this in the village of Blécourt.
A cat is spotted in a balcony as people applaud health workers from their windows in Buenos Aires.
A woman walks her dog at Paseo de la Castellana avenue in Madrid.
A woman and her dog are seen wearing protective masks inside an auto rickshaw in Chennai.
A man sits inside a shop as a dog stands on a street in Kathmandu.
A dog sits at the window as a boy studies at home via video conference in Rome.
Anna Edith Slepicka and her dog Neo wave at a nurse who visits them daily during the lockdown in Brussels.
A man is seen riding a skateboard with his dogs on Princes Street in Edinburgh.
A man is spotted wearing a protective mask while walking his dog in the city of Bari.
Dogs are spotted at a main shopping area in downtown Shanghai, wearing protective masks.
A teenager plays with his dog in the garden of his house, this in the village of Moorsel.
A man wearing a protective mask and his dog look out of a window in Prague.
A girl plays with her cat as she studies during the lockdown in Moorsel.
Buddhist monk Kyotoshi Sato wears a face mask and hold his dogs at home in Brasilia.
A man takes a selfie with his dog in front of the Pigeons Rock in Beirut.
A woman wears a face mask while walking her dogs in Naples.
A woman wearing a mask carries her dog through Times Square in New York City.
A woman wearing a mask pushes a stroller with a dog in Seoul.
When many countries around the world went into lockdown, plenty of pets were actually loving the extra time with their owners. Yet they too have to live through the lows of isolation. They spend less time outdoors, in many cases don't go for walks as often, and some sadly are even being abandoned, despite lack of scientific evidence that pets can transmit the novel coronavirus in the same ways humans do.
Click through and see how pets have lived through the COVID-19 pandemic around the world.
How pets are living through the pandemic
April 11 is Pet Day
LIFESTYLE Animals
When many countries around the world went into lockdown, plenty of pets were actually loving the extra time with their owners. Yet they too have to live through the lows of isolation. They spend less time outdoors, in many cases don't go for walks as often, and some sadly are even being abandoned, despite lack of scientific evidence that pets can transmit the novel coronavirus in the same ways humans do.
Click through and see how pets have lived through the COVID-19 pandemic around the world.