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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動物の物語
Endal：技術と信頼で人を守った介助犬
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：子どもたちと攻撃犬の間に立った小さなジャック・ラッセル
2007年4月29日、ニュージーランドの Manaia で、帰宅中の子どもたちが危険な犬に襲われた。小型の Jack Russell Terrier George は子どもたちと攻撃犬の間に入り、逃げる時間を作り、自らは致命傷を負った。のちに RNZSPCA の勇敢賞と PDSA Gold Medal を受け、Manaia の銅像がその記憶を残している。
Taz：モアブの荒野で救助隊を飼い主のもとへ導いた犬
2006年12月、米国ユタ州モアブ近郊で、耐久競技選手 Danelle Ballengee は愛犬 Taz とトレイルランに出かけ、人気のない峡谷で転落して重傷を負った。骨盤をひどく痛め、携帯電話は車に残したままで、自力で脱出することはできなかった。寒い夜と赤い岩の峡谷の中で待つしかなかった彼女のそばに、Taz は寄り添い、離れ、また戻った。そして最後には、救助隊を彼女が倒れていた隠れた峡谷へ導く手がかりとなった。Runner's World は後にこの出来事を長編記事として記録し、写真は Tom Fowlks の署名で掲載された。
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…