Unusual pets

A man reads a book as his pony waits nearby, in central of Slaviansk, April 26, 2014.

Goat

Cyrus Fakroddin and his pet goat Cocoa take a taxi ride in New York, April 7, 2012. Cocoa is a 3-year-old Alpine Pygmy mixed goat who lives with its owner Fakroddin in Summit, New Jersey. They frequently take trips into Manhattan to enjoy the city. Fakroddin raised Cocoa since she was 2 months old and treats her like a human. "She doesn't like goats, she doesn't like farms, she likes the people and the city," Fakroddin said. Photo taken April 7, 2012.

Bear

A pet bear sits among residents who escaped to higher ground from their flooded village in the Tando Allahyar district of Pakistan's Sindh province September 15, 2011.

Pigeon

A boy rests his pet pigeon on his head as he plays with it in a slum in Mumbai, April 28, 2014.

Hyena

A man poses with a hyena along a street in Lagos, November 4, 2008.

Lions

The grandson of Palestinian refugee Saad Eldeen Al-Jamal watches as his grandfather sits with his two African lion cubs outside his house at Al-Shabora refugee camp in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip March 19, 2015.

Camel

A man pulls his camel as he sits in an auto rickshaw during a dust storm in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad March 29, 2015.

Llama

A 3-year old llama named Socke lies in a dining room in the western town of Muelheim January 14, 2009. Socke lives in the house of her owner Nicole Doepper since its birth, when it was injured by other animals and had a leg amputated. Picture taken January 14, 2009.

Pig-Boar

Christophe Lutz walks Marcel, a 30 month-old pig-wild boar crossbreed in the small village of Kolbsheim near Strasbourg, August 10, 2012.

Lion

Zukhro, an employee of the city zoo, walks with Vadik, an 18-month-old male lion, on the territory of the zoo in the capital Dushanbe, January 20, 2011. Employees take the lion from its cage to have a promenade along the territory two times a week while holding a piece of meat to attract Vadik's attention so it walks nearby.

Duck

A contestant skis with his pet duck during a competition at a ski resort in Sanmenxia, Henan province, January 12, 2014.

Iguana

A man carries his pet iguana on his shoulder during the 2010 "Love Animal Day" pet carnival in Taipei, April 24, 2010.