Arquivo: Winkie: the pigeon who helped rescuers find a ditched bomber crew
After a bomber ditched, Winkie returned to base; public records credit her flight with helping rescuers calculate the crew's position.
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Arquivo: Commando: the pigeon who carried messages from occupied France
Commando served with the National Pigeon Service and is recorded as carrying several messages from occupied France.
Gander: the Newfoundland war dog of the Battle of Hong Kong
Gander, a Newfoundland dog with the Royal Rifles of Canada, was killed during the Battle of Hong Kong after carrying away a…
Arquivo: Rex: the civil defence dog who located casualties in burning buildings
Rex was an Alsatian civil defence dog recorded for locating casualties in burning buildings during wartime rescue work.
Arquivo: Thorn: the civil defence dog who searched a burning building
Thorn was an Alsatian civil defence dog honoured for locating air-raid casualties in a burning building.
Arquivo: Beauty: the PDSA rescue dog who helped find buried air-raid victims
Beauty served with a PDSA Rescue Squad and is recorded by the Dickin Medal list as helping locate buried victims after air…
Arquivo: Rip: the stray dog who became a Blitz rescue dog in London
Rip was a stray dog found after an air raid who went on to help civil defence teams locate people trapped in…
Swansea Jack: o cão que trouxe pessoas de volta dos cais e do rio
Swansea Jack foi um retriever preto de Swansea, País de Gales, na década de 1930. Registros públicos dizem que ele resgatou repetidamente…
Rags: the mixed-breed terrier who carried messages through World War I fire
Rags was a mixed-breed terrier found in Paris by James Donovan and later became a U.S. 1st Infantry Division mascot and message…
Hachikō: documented animal story
Hachikō was an Akita dog remembered for continuing to wait for his deceased owner at Shibuya Station in Tokyo.
Buddy: the guide dog who helped Morris Frank build The Seeing Eye movement
In 1928, Morris Frank trained in Switzerland with Buddy, his first guide dog, and returned to the United States to demonstrate and…
Bobbie: the wonder dog who crossed America to return home
Bobbie was lost in Indiana in 1923 and returned six months later to Silverton, Oregon, after a reported 2,551-mile journey across the…
Balto e Togo: dois cães de trenó no revezamento de soro até Nome
Em 1925, Nome, no Alasca, enfrentou um surto de difteria. Balto ficou famoso pelo trecho final, enquanto Togo percorreu um dos trechos…
Arquivo: Cher Ami: the pigeon who carried the Lost Battalion’s message
Cher Ami carried a message from the Lost Battalion in World War I, helping stop friendly fire and contributing to the rescue…
Arquivo: Sergeant Stubby: the World War I dog remembered for warnings and battlefield aid
Sergeant Stubby is widely remembered as a First World War dog credited with warning of shelling and gas, helping locate wounded soldiers,…