Buster: the Springer Spaniel who found a weapons cache in Iraq
Buster was a British military Springer Spaniel who located a hidden weapons cache in Safwan, Iraq, in March 2003 and later received…
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Dolly: the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell
Dolly was born at the Roslin Institute in 1996 as the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell, and was euthanised…
Appollo: the NYPD search dog honoured for 9/11 rescue dogs
Appollo was an NYPD German Shepherd search-and-rescue dog who reached the World Trade Center site soon after the towers fell and received…
Salty and Roselle: the guide dogs who led their handlers down the World Trade Center
On September 11, 2001, guide dogs Salty and Roselle led their handlers down more than 70 floors of the World Trade Center…
Nim Chimpsky: the chimpanzee whose name carried a language question
Nim Chimpsky was a chimpanzee used in Project Nim to test ape language learning, later becoming a key case in research ethics…
Lulu: the pot-bellied pig who sought help on the road
Lulu was a pot-bellied pig remembered for leaving her yard and lying in the road to alert a driver after her owner…
Binti Jua：抱起墜入猩猩館男孩、把他交給救援者的母猩猩
1996年8月16日，美国伊利诺伊州 Brookfield Zoo，一名三岁男孩翻越围栏后坠入西部低地大猩猩展区，摔伤并失去意识。围观者惊叫时，八岁的雌性大猩猩 Binti Jua 走向孩子。她自己的幼崽 Koola 当时还攀在她身上；Binti 仍轻轻抱起男孩，把他带到工作人员能够接应的门口。男孩手部骨折、面部受伤，住院四天后恢复。Binti Jua 的名字意为“阳光的女儿”，此后成为跨物种同情和动物照护能力的经典案例。
Scarlett：從火場中叼出幼崽的布魯克林貓媽媽
1996年3月30日，紐約布魯克林一處廢棄車庫起火。母貓 Scarlett 在嚴重燒傷、眼睛被水泡遮住的情況下，將五隻幼崽一隻隻叼出火場。消防員 David Giannelli 發現並送牠們就醫。她的故事後來收到數千封領養來信，也讓更多人理解：動物的勇敢不只是一個瞬間，還需要人類救援、治療、安置和長期照護接住。
Jambo：守在墜入猩猩館男孩身邊的「溫柔巨人」
1986年8月31日，五岁男孩 Levan Merritt 在 Jersey Zoo 坠入大猩猩展区并失去意识。围观者恐惧尖叫时，银背大猩猩 Jambo 没有攻击孩子，而是站在他身边，隔在孩子和其他大猩猩之间，并曾轻触他的背。孩子醒来哭泣后，Jambo 和其他大猩猩退开，救护人员和饲养员得以进入救援。事件由游客 Brian Le Lion 拍下，随后传遍世界。Jambo 去世后，Jersey Zoo 为他樹立銅像，纪念这只改变公眾对大猩猩印象的“温柔巨人”。
Red Dog: the Pilbara wanderer remembered by a whole region
Red Dog was a kelpie/cattle dog cross famous across Western Australia’s Pilbara region, travelling through mining towns and becoming a community mascot…
Black Jack: the riderless horse of U.S. military funerals
Black Jack served as the riderless horse of the U.S. Army’s Caisson Platoon and appeared in more than a thousand full-honors military…
Christian: the lion who went from a London shop to the wild
Christian was a captive-born lion purchased in London and later taken to Kenya for reintroduction with George Adamson, becoming famous through reunion…
Nemo A534: the Vietnam sentry dog who guarded his handler
Nemo A534 was a U.S. Air Force German Shepherd sentry dog in Vietnam who protected handler Robert Throneburg after both were wounded…
Wojtek: the bear who travelled with Polish soldiers
Wojtek was a Syrian brown bear adopted by Polish soldiers during World War II, later associated with the 22nd Artillery Supply Company…
Ham: the astrochimp aboard Mercury-Redstone 2
Ham flew aboard Mercury-Redstone 2 on January 31, 1961, surviving a 16-minute suborbital flight that tested whether a primate could perform tasks…