Trakr: the police dog who located a World Trade Center survivor
Trakr, a German Shepherd police dog, travelled from Nova Scotia to Ground Zero and helped locate survivor Genelle Guzman-McMillan after the 9/11…
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Endal: el perro de asistencia que protegió a su persona con habilidad y confianza
Endal was a British Labrador assistance dog partnered with disabled Royal Navy veteran Allen Parton. Public records describe his many trained skills…
Sasha: the Labrador bomb detection dog killed in Afghanistan
Sasha was a British Army Labrador bomb-detection dog credited with finding explosives and weapons in Afghanistan before being killed with Lance Corporal…
Willie: the parrot who raised the alarm when a child choked
Willie was a Quaker parrot remembered for raising the alarm when a child choked, drawing caregiver Megan Howard’s attention in time for…
Washoe: the chimpanzee in sign-language research
Washoe was a female chimpanzee central to sign-language research and died at Central Washington University on October 30, 2007.
Alex: the African grey parrot remembered by cognition research
Alex was an African grey parrot studied by Irene Pepperberg for nearly thirty years, becoming a landmark individual in animal cognition research…
Jake: from injured puppy to 9/11 and Katrina search-and-rescue dog
Jake was an American black Labrador rescued as an injured puppy and later trained into a federal search-and-rescue dog who worked after…
George: el pequeño Jack Russell que se puso entre niños y perros atacantes
El 29 de abril de 2007, en Manaia, Nueva Zelanda, varios niños que volvían a casa fueron atacados por perros peligrosos. George,…
Taz: el perro que llevó a los rescatistas de vuelta hasta Danelle Ballengee en el desierto de Moab
En diciembre de 2006, cerca de Moab, Utah, la atleta de resistencia Danelle Ballengee salió a correr por senderos con su perro…
Harriet: the Galapagos tortoise who crossed two centuries
Harriet was a Galapagos tortoise who lived to an estimated 175 years and died at Australia Zoo in 2006, with parts of…
Ming: the long-lived clam recorded by age research
Ming, also called Hafrún, was an ocean quahog clam collected near Iceland in 2006 and later aged to about 507 years, becoming…
Sadie: the Labrador who detected an explosive device in Kabul
Sadie was a black Labrador military working dog who detected a second explosive device near the UN headquarters in Kabul in November…
Keiko: the orca from film fame to a release attempt
Keiko, the orca known from Free Willy, was captured near Iceland, later rehabilitated, returned to Icelandic waters, and died in Norway in…
Snowflake: the albino gorilla of Barcelona Zoo
Snowflake was the only known albino gorilla, kept at Barcelona Zoo from 1966 until his euthanasia for skin cancer in 2003.
Orca: the assistance dog who found help after his wheelchair-using owner fell into a ditch
In May 2003, assistance dog Orca found help after Cheryl Alexander fell into a water-filled ditch and was pinned by her powered…