Famous Animals Garden

HACHIKO - Japans Symbol of Loyalty Hachiko was a white Akita dog born in Japan in 1923. At 8 weeks old he went to live with his new owner Dr Eisaburo Euno who was a Professor of Agriculture. Each morning the Professor would leave for w...(more) View This Tribute

SHEP - The Blue Peter Dog Shep was the most famous of all the pets featured on the Childrens TV show, Blue Peter. He was brought in to replace the original dog Petra. He formed a great partnership with TV presenter John Noakes...(more) View This Tribute

PETRA - First Blue Peter Pet Petra was the first Pet to appear on the popular Childrens TV show Blue Peter. The producers said Petra was "a surrogate pet" for all the children viewers who were unable to keep a pet. She was named ...(more) View This Tribute

DOLLY - The Cloned Sheep Dolly The Sheep was a scientific sensation. She was the first cloned mammal to be created from an adult cell. She was born and lived at the famous Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh. D...(more) View This Tribute

SCARLETT - Blaze heroine On March 30th 1996 firemen responded to a call and quickly extinguished a fire in an abandoned garage in Brooklyn.U.S.A. One of the firefighters, David Giannelli then noticed a cat carrying a kitten o...(more) View This Tribute

TOPSY - Coney Island Elephant When Coney Island burned down in July 1907, razing 35 acres to the ground, it was popularly referred to as "Topsy's Revenge". Coney Island, New York had a popular Lunar Park whose main attraction wa...(more) View This Tribute

SIMON - Ships Cat In 1948 HMS Amethyst pulled into port on Stonecutters Island, Hong Kong for supplies. A neglected black and white cat was discovered by able seaman George Hickinbotom on the docks, and he smuggled him...(more) View This Tribute

KEIKO - Free Willy Keiko, which means 'Lucky one' in Japanese, was the star of three 'Free Willy' films in the 1990's . A Killer whale, he measured 35 feet long and weighed 6 tons. Keiko was first captured in Iceland in...(more) View This Tribute

RIN TIN TIN - Hollywood Star On September 15th 1918, American Corporal Lee Duncan, checked out a bombed dog kennel in Lorraine France, during WWI. He found a Mother GSD and her litter of 5 day old puppies. Duncan chose two of th...(more) View This Tribute

AH MENG - Orangutan Ah Meng was a female Orangutan who became the icon of Singapore Tourism. She was kept as a pet until she was eleven years old and then given a home at Singapore Zoo. Because she had been a pet she wa...(more) View This Tribute

HERCULES - Grizzly Bear Hercules the Bear was owned by Andy Robin and his wife Maggie. They bought him as a cub from a wildlife park in Aviemore Scotland 1975. Andy was a wrestler and as the bear grew they enjoyed wonderf...(more) View This Tribute

FLIPPER - The dolphin Flipper the dolphin, who starred in the original movie with Chuck Connors and then the subsequent tv series, was actually a female dolphin called Mitzi. Mitzi could never master the tail walking on w...(more) View This Tribute

LASSIE Lassie. Probably the most famous dogs name in history. Immortalised on film and recognisable through the generations. The original Lassie, and the predecessor of them all, was actually a male dog...(more) View This Tribute

GREYFRIARS BOBBY The most famous story of a dogs devotion to his owner, in life and in death. Bobby was a skye terrier who belonged to John Gray. John had moved to Edinburgh in 1850 with his wife and son. Unable to fi...(more) View This Tribute

CHAMPION The Wonder Horse As soon as the theme tune strikes up, those of a certain generation join in with the words. Champion the wonder horse aired on Tv in the 1950's. There were only 26 episodes made. Champion was a chestn...(more) View This Tribute

BUBBA - Chemo Fish Bubba was donated to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago Illinois in 1987. The fish measured approx ten inches long and was a Queensland grouper. Living in the 'Wild reef' exhibit he grew to wiegh 154 pou...(more) View This Tribute

SAM - The Unsinkable Cat A remarkable little cat who certainly made use of his nine lives. Sam survived the sinking of three destroyers during his lifetime. The black and white cat belonged to an unknown crewman and was sta...(more) View This Tribute

HAM - Space chimp Ham the chimp was the first hominid launched into outerspace. Up until his successful flight he was simply called #65. To appeal to the public he was named Ham, after the Holloman Aerospace Medical C...(more) View This Tribute

FAITH - Church cat View This Tribute

JUDY - P.O.W dog Judy was an English Pointer born in Shanghai in 1936. She was given to the Royal Navy as a mascot. Judy was on active service as a member of the grasshoppers crew. She could point out the approach o...(more) View This Tribute

ELSA - Lioness The famous lioness immortalised in Joy Adamsons book Born Free. George and Joy Adamson lived in Kenya during the 1950's. Whilst out on safari, George was attacked by a lioness protecting her cu...(more) View This Tribute

TOWSER - Worlds Top Mouser. 28,899 mice The Guiness Book of World Records holder for Top Mouser. Towser was a female long haired tortie tabby cat. She lived at Glenturret Distillery at Crieff in Scotland and was in charge of rodent contro...(more) View This Tribute

EDDIE - Frasier Tv Dog The US Television series 'Frasier' began on 13/09/93 with a Jack Russel Terrier in the role as Martin Cranes lovable dog. Playing Eddie was a 3 year old dog called Moose . He quickly became one of t...(more) View This Tribute

SUN YAT SEN - Titanic Survivor Dog Wednesday 10th April 1912 was the fateful day that the 'Unsinkable' Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. There were a number of dogs on board, possibly thirteen...(more) View This Tribute

TOTO - Wizard of Oz Dog One of the most recognisable dogs in Movie history. Terry was a cairn Terrier who starred in 14 movies during the 1930's. She first appeared with Shirley Temple in the film 'Bright Eyes' in 1934...(more) View This Tribute

MICK THE MILLER - Racing Greyhound A legend in his lifetime. A racing dog so famous he is remembered fondly to this day. Born in June 1926 Died 1939. He was owned by Mrs Arundel from England. During his 3 year racing career he becam...(more) View This Tribute

BAMSE - St Bernard A Beloved Hero of World War 2. Bamse was a very large St Bernard Dog. He was stationed on board the Norwegian minesweeper, THORODD at Montrose in Scotland during the second World War. He liked to d...(more) View This Tribute

WILLIAM OF ORANGE - Carrier Pigeon Holder of the Dicken Medal (Animals VC) for Gallantry. During the 2nd World War, pigeons were used to carry highly classified and secret messages. Birds, usually pigeons have been used, all over the ...(more) View This Tribute

GUY - The Gorilla On Guy Fawkes night, the fifth of November 1946, weighing just 23 pounds and clutching a small tin hot water bottle, a baby gorilla arrived at london Zoo. They named him Guy. He was a Western Lowla...(more) View This Tribute

LAIKA - Dog Astronaut The first Earthling to orbit the Earth. She paved the way for Spaceflight. A Russian dog born in 1954. She was trained as an astronaut and selected to be the first to travel through Space The Rus...(more) View This Tribute

RED RUM - Racehorse What a Horse!! Born in 1965 Died 1995 Known affectionately as "Rummy". He won the Grand National 3 times in 1973, 1974 and 1977. On each of two other occasions, 1975 and 1976 he came second. He wa...(more) View This Tribute