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"Without Fanny, Friends of Gipsy Hill would never have been formed."
Jet the black Labrador who caught rats by day and poured beer and served customers behind the bar.
Smudge was hired by the museum to take care of the mouse problem, and joining a union wasn’t exactly part of the deal.
From record-breaking mousers to resident feline grounds staff, these cats have a pretty important job at the stadium.
For 14 years, Tibs kept the British Post Office headquarters free of mice.
One of the most unique fundraisers in Britain.
The elephant seal who keeps coming home.
Myrtle earned her parachute wings and went to Arnhem for Operation Market Garden.
Sam the fire pole cat of Long Beach.
Minnie, a highly effective mouser.
In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt was given a baby badger during a trip through Kansas.
From bookstores to theaters and Antarctic bases, these animals became part of the places people remember.
The World Cup dogs, Larry the Cat, and more.
The wild dolphin who adopted a town in the summer of 1955.
Meet Minerva, the resident cat of Rome's Spazio Sette bookstore.
From Rufus of England to Larry the Cat, the history of Britain's Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office.
A cellist, a dog, and the Atlantic coast.
One of the most decorated animals during World War II.
Achilles and his three careers.
From Paul the octopus to Achilles the cat, meet the animals that became unlikely World Cup fortune tellers.
Petra, Britain's busiest TV dog.
Michelle on Jasper, The Orange, and the gate.
4 months before the 1966 FIFA World Cup, a collie named Pickles helped solve the case of the stolen Jules Rimet Trophy
10 animal stories from May we're still thinking about.
A pub theatre in London, a princess box at the end of the bar, and a place where people line up to meet a sleeping cat.
During World War II, a giant panda named Ming became one of London Zoo’s most beloved residents.
Real stories of animals who lived through war alongside the people around them.
Dogs, cats, pigeons, horses, and unlikely companions who crossed the English Channel and became part of June 6, 1944.
A donkey named Lady Moe flew a combat mission and became one of the most photographed mascots.
Internet’s mamaposting obsession.
A tabby cat named Pyro regularly flew at 20,000 feet inside the flight jacket of an RAF photographer.
A Coast Guard mascot kitten named Dee-Day was aboard a landing ship when it reached the beaches of Normandy on D-Day in 1944.
On D-Day, a parachute-trained dog jumped into Normandy with British airborne troops.
In the 1920s, a hunting dog in Missouri named Jim began to do things that went well beyond hunting.
In the 1970s, a tabby cat began appearing onstage at a West End theatre.
The real stories of animals who ended up with jobs.
In 1869, poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti brought a wombat named Top into his London home.
In 1939, a tabby cat named Tommy Tucker briefly became one of the more financially interesting residents of New York.
In 1943, a Marine in New Zealand won a duck in a pub raffle and brought her to war.
In 1961, a chimpanzee named Ham flew aboard a Mercury capsule.
Lewis was a 5-year-old cat living in Connecticut, when he started making a name for himself, mostly at ankle level.
In 1939, a cat named Snooky went to work at New York City Hall.
Daniel shares the story of Meko, his very vocal Alaskan Malamute.
A WWII ship’s cat who served aboard the USS Fremont and earned her own service ribbons alongside the crew.
Costume maker Kathy tells the story about her miniature horse Trinket.
The RAF pilots called him Flying Officer Bush.
In 1963, a Paris street cat named Félicette became the first and only cat launched into space.
In 1891, Denver police opened a trunk of stolen goods recovered from a burglary and found a cat.
The Mascot-in-Chief of the PDSA’s Allied Forces Mascot Club.
NASA researchers studied how cats twist mid-air to help astronauts turn around in zero gravity.
Tara on living with a very talkative cat, and why Arthur's daily “conversations” are never staged.
On Friday the 13th in 1951, Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca posed with a black cat before a game.
How a British ship’s dog became the only officially registered prisoner of war during WWII.
Daniel Rimada on documenting New York’s working cats and his upcoming book.
A calico cat named Takeshi joined Japan’s first Antarctic expedition in 1956.
Rachel of Rainylune on a tiny kitten who moved into her kitchen without “permission.”
Waiter of Piccadilly Circus.
A tortoiseshell cat at Scotland’s Glenturret Distillery caught 28,899 mice and earned a Guinness World Record.
How a runaway sea lion escaped Canada in 1958 and crossed an international border.
Penny the Doberman took home Best in Show at Westminster, and a baby elephant!
How a real bear rescued during World War I inspired A. A. Milne and became the quiet origin of Winnie-the-Pooh
A harbor seal raised by humans whose voice challenged what scientists thought animals could do.
The true story of a harbor seal who made Rockport, Maine, his home.
The ship’s cat who survived three sinkings and the photo everyone gets wrong.
How Rockefeller Center’s 1941 holiday display added four reindeer to the plaza.
Long before TikTok and Instagram, photographers and artists were already turning cats into mini human stars.
How a single spared turkey became one of Thanksgiving’s most beloved rituals.
Long before pets ruled social media feeds, a rescue cat in Britain found fame the old-fashioned way.
The world knew Koko for her sign language, but her tenderness made her unforgettable.
The only cat ever awarded Britain’s highest honor, the Dickin Medal, for animals in conflict.
How Madison's two cats Orzo and Ziti became remote pets for her first grade class.
68 years ago, a stray from Moscow became the first living creature to orbit Earth, and the first to never return.
From Rufus in 1929 to Larry the Cat today, here's the story of Britain’s most famous feline civil servants.
The stray dog who rode the rails and visited more than 200 cities.
Inside the vivid, disciplined world of artist Alexis Olin, where comics, color, and creatures converge.
A pigeon saved nearly 200 lives.
Grape-kun didn’t find love in his flock, but he found it anyway.
Meet Eevee and Mulani: Life with Sphynx Cats.
How a rescued king penguin became Japan’s most beloved grocery shopper.
Kelly and Bernard the hamster.
The Syrian brown bear who served alongside the Polish Army in World War II.
A German Shepherd in the 1920s became Hollywood’s first canine celebrity.
In conversation with artist Moeshit.
The first viral cat video was made in the 1940s.
A conversation with artist ShouXin.
A Kyiv-based rescuer on the life he didn’t plan for—and wouldn’t trade.
'There's no such thing as a naughty cat.'
How Glam Beckett Found Her Voice (and Boo the Sphynx Cat)
A conversation with collage artist and illustrator Lola Dupre.
Taysa Jorge's Quiet Worlds of Light, Space, Animals, and Solitude.
And the human who found her.
Ethel’s mom Donna on how she became a meme and why sharing her joy with the world matters.
10 Downing Street's Most Permanent Resident on Prime Ministers, Animals, and #CatCheck.
Meet Elodie Chabrol and her cat Plume.
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