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8 Famous Animals: Media

Learn about some celebrity critters.

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Sergeant Stubby at your service
Stubby sporting a blanket bedecked with medals made for him by the women of a French...
The Protected Art Archive/Alamy
Laika
Laika, the dog who became the first living creature sent into space, aboard Sputnik...
Heritage Images—Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Cecil the Lion
Cecil, a lion (Panthera leo) and a long-standing featured attraction at...
Villiers Steyn—Gallo Images/Camera Press/Redux
Seabiscuit
Legendary horse Seabiscuit, with jockey Red Pollard, at the Saratoga Race Course,...
© Everett/Shutterstock.com
“Great Race of Mercy”
Gunnar Kaasen with Balto, a mixed Siberian Husky that was the lead dog of the final...
FLHC A12/Alamy
Cher Ami
Cher Ami, a military homing pigeon, preserved in the collection of the National Museum...
Division of Armed Forces History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
A history-making sheep
Dolly, born in 1996, was the first clone of an adult mammal.
© Ben Curtis—PA Images/Alamy
Hachikō
Hachikō, an Akita known for his remarkable devotion to his owner.
CPA Media Pte Ltd/Alamy