Winston Churchill's pets
Churchill petting Monty's dog, Rommel
Winston Churchill's pets are the various pet animals which were kept by Winston Churchill.
Churchill was an animal lover.[1] He had pet cats and dogs such as his bulldog Dodo, poodle Rufus, wartime cat Nelson and marmalade cat, Jock.[2][3] He also kept a large variety of creatures on his estate, Chartwell, including butterflies, fish, cows, pigs and swans.[4]
See also
- Canadian Parliamentary Cats
- Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, United Kingdom
- Hermitage cats in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Pets of Vladimir Putin
- Tibs the Great
- Cats of the President of Taiwan
- United States presidential pets
- Pets of the British Royal Family
- Pets in the United Kingdom
References
- ↑ Warren Dockter (27 Jan 2015), "Pigs, poodles, and African lions - meet Churchill the animal-lover", Daily Telegraph
- ↑ Kathryn Selbert (2013), War Dogs: Churchill and Rufus, Charlesbridge, ISBN 9781607345985
- ↑ Desmond Morris (2007), Fantastic Cats: A Feast of Famed and Fabled Felines, Little, p. 73, ISBN 9781904435624
- ↑ "Tastes and Favourites", Churchill By Himself, RosettaBooks, 2013, ISBN 9780795334320
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