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Juliana (died 1946) was a medal-winning Great Dane. She was awarded two Blue Cross medals, the first for extinguishing an incendiary bomb and the second for alerting her masters to a fire that had started in their shop. In September 2013 the second of these medals, along with a portrait of Juliana, sold at auction for £1,100.
The British pet massacre was a week-long event in 1939 in which an estimated 400,000 cats and dogs, a quarter of England's pet population, were killed so that food used for animals could be reserved to prepare for World War II food shortages.
Large dogs kept in the ancient kingdom of Molossis in the region of Epirus; it is claimed that they are the progenitors of the mastiffs. [25] Moscow Water Dog: The Moscow Water Dog, also known as the Moscow Diver, Moscow Retriever or Moskovsky Vodolaz; derived in the U.S.S.R. from the Newfoundland, Caucasian Shepherd Dog and East European Shepherd.
Lucca (born 2003 or 2004, [1] died 2018) [2] was a German Shepherd/Belgian Malinois service dog who was employed by the United States Marine Corps for 6 years. She was trained to detect explosives . She was deployed twice to Iraq and once to Afghanistan .
Jennifer Garner Says Her Beloved Dog Died Before Thanksgiving, And It’ll Make You Teary. Jazmin Tolliver. November 28, 2024 at 1:01 PM.
Jet of Iada a.k.a. Jet (21 July 1942 – 18 October 1949) was a German Shepherd Dog, who assisted in the rescue of 150 people trapped under blitzed buildings. [1] He was a pedigree dog born in Liverpool, and served with the Civil Defence Services of London. He was awarded both the Dickin Medal [2] and the RSPCA's Medallion of Valor for his ...
Linda (left), a Chihuahua, and Sophie (right), a terrier, both died following an attack by four German shepherds in Oak Creek on Nov. 30.
“The dog owner then called (the sheriff) and we looked into the matter,” Allard said. “We called Casterline, and he told us the dog died, he put it in a pile and scavengers must have taken ...