Gnome Event paused when pet is active?

When there is an active pet, the Gnome event seems to be on pause (I do not progress). Is this by design?
My guild is very active so it seems that I won’t be able to get any rewards for the gnome event because there will be one pet after another.

the gnome counter is still going even if a pet rescue is active

if you clear the pet rescue, you can see the counter again

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Thank you, maybe I miscounted!