The Animal Celebrities Who Surprised, Soothed and Screamed at Us in 2024
New York Times
Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, Flaco the escaped eagle-owl, Charlotte the maybe-pregnant stingray — they distracted us from the messy human world but were also clear reflections of it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/science/animals-flaco-pnut.html