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The dogs used in the spaceflight were chosen to fit specific criteria: they had to be female to allow them to urinate properly in their space suits, they had to be between 6 and 7 kilograms (13 and 15 lb) to accommodate the rocket's weight limit, and they had to have light-colored fur so that they could appear easily on the camera aboard the ...
The men took the dogs onto the boat to keep them safe from drowning, being able to fit in almost 30 before running out of space and taking them back to safety on the bank.
Belka and Strelka on a 2010 stamp of Russia, released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their spaceflight. Belka (Белка, literally, "squirrel", or alternatively "Whitey") and Strelka (Стрелка, "arrow") were dogs that spent a day in space aboard Korabl-Sputnik 2 (Sputnik 5) on 19 August 1960 before safely returning to Earth.
Statues of Taro and Jiro in Nagoya. The dogs' survival was a national news story at the time. Jiro continued working as a sled dog in Antarctica and died there in 1960; his remains were stuffed and moved to the National Science Museum of Japan, the same museum where Hachiko is displayed.
Footage shows the moment Jordan North was rescued after he jumped into London’s River Thames to save a drowning dog. The Capital Radio breakfast DJ, 34, was out for a run when he saw a Labrador ...
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After this she was returned to Guide Dogs for the Blind so that she could be trained as a guide dog. [5] Roselle and her owner, Michael Hingson, first met on November 22, 1999. She was Hingson's fifth guide dog. [6] Roselle was asleep under her owner's desk on the 78th floor in Tower 1 of the World Trade Center when the attack commenced.
Attempting to rescue a drowning dog can be extremely dangerous for both the dog and the person attempting the rescue. Dogs may become extremely frightened in these situations and struggle in the ...