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Sports

• Baseball · Los Angeles

  Shohei Ohtani and Decoy

  Dekopin, a first pitch, and the dog on the 50/50 cleats
• Basketball · Sombor

  Nikola Jokić and His Horses

  Dream Catcher, MVP trophies at the stable, and manure duty

History

• Nurse · Athens to Crimea

  Florence Nightingale and Athena

  A Little Owl from the Acropolis who travelled in her pocket

Film & TV

• Actor · Beverly Hills

  Audrey Hepburn and Pippin

  A fawn raised at home so she would follow Hepburn on camera

Writers

• Writer · Germany, England & Switzerland

  Elizabeth von Arnim and Her Dogs

  Fourteen dogs, one memoir that insisted it wasn't an autobiography
• Writer · Los Angeles

  Raymond Chandler and Taki

  A black Persian who sat on the manuscripts and supervised Marlowe’s creator
• Writer · Georgia

  Flannery O’Connor and Her Peacocks

  A backward-walking chicken, then 40 peafowl at Andalusia

Musicians

• Musician · London

  Liam Gallagher and His Animals

  Sid, Nancy, and a Thai rescue dog named Buttons
• Musician · London

  Freddie Mercury and His Cats

  Phone calls from tour, and a Queen song for Delilah

Artists

• Photographer · Tribeca

  Tony Mendoza and Ernie

  Thousands of pictures, street sales for rent, and a memoir with a cat
• Artist · New Paltz

  Carolee Schneemann and Her Cats

  Kitch, Cluny, Vesper, collaborators in film and Infinity Kisses
• Artist · Cannes

  Pablo Picasso and Lump

  A dachshund who came for lunch and stayed six years

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