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An attendant and his guard dog at the world's first pet cemetery, Paris,

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Winston Churchill with a bulldog mascot as he leaves the Wanstead Conservative Club in his Woodford, Essex constituency on general election day, 23 February 1950. (Photo by Central Press/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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'The Cricket on the Hearth' published in 1845 by Charles Dickens. (Image by Getty)

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Cats in history: 3 curious tributes

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Dressed-up fleas, devil butterflies and the Thames whales: the strange ways nature has influenced human history

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In pictures: strange creatures through history

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Picture of a lion and tiger fighting

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Old news: A tiger braves the mean streets of east London

A detail of a fresco of Hannibal riding his elephant. It is estimated he took as many as 40 elephants when he marched an army across the Alps and into northern Italy. (Photo by Photo12/UIG/Getty Images)

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First ever kangaroo and dingo paintings to remain in UK

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‘Earliest portrait of guinea pig’ revealed in unseen painting

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"Although the circus as we know it has its roots in the 18th century, the history of its three basic forms (clowning, equestrianism and animals) goes back much further," says Vanessa Toulmin. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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In 1830 a keeper at the Tower of London menagerie accidentally removed the barrier between a lion and two tigers. The animals were eventually prised apart, by which point the lion had been fatally wounded. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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A woodcut showing Prince Rupert of the Rhine's pet poodle Boy being killed at the battle of Marston Moor

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British soldier, explorer and big game hunter Frederick Selous, pictured in 1914. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Detail from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, showing hawking. Made in Tournai in the 15th century. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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