Traditional Shinto torii gate with guardian lion-dog statues surrounded by autumn foliage on Mount Hiei, near Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

Guardian Lion (Foo Dog) Figure in a temple in Hong Kong with incense smoke, Hong Kong, China

Man with local Pekinese dog in Zi Zhong Road, old French Quarter in Shanghai, China

sculpture and Chedis inside Wat Pho temple, Bangkok, Thailand

French Bulldog dog dressed up with lion mane costume headband in front of flower field

Dog-lion statue decorated with stones. Wat Ho Phra Keo (Altar of the Emerald Buddha), Vientiane, Laos, Asia

Chinese statue, like a dog or lion, betmannpark, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Four spotted hyenas, Crocuta crocuta, run and chase after a lion, Panthera leo, through dry yellow grass, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

A male lion, Panthera leo, chasing a spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta, a second hyena attacking the lion, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

Spotted hyenas, Crocuta crocuta, attacking a pride of lions, Panthera leo, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

A lioness, Panthera leo, runs away with its tail up, wide eyed and mouth open as four spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta, chase after it in dry yellow grass, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

A pack of Wild Dog puppies Lycaonﾠpictus outside their den, Sabi Sands, South Africa