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PRESIDENTIAL PETS
IN THE
WHITE HOUSE
We were unable to get Senators, who are up for re-election, to
answer questions about dogs or their positions on pet issues.
No
presidential hopeful seemed willing to answer questions either but the dogs
of recent presidents Johnson, Clinton, and Bush and past
history of dogs and other pets residing at the White House offers
historical evidence that America has a love affair with
pets!
When George Washington moved into the big house, he brought along five French
hounds, a parrot, and many horses, including a couple used during the American
Revolution. While horses were transportation, he had so many that we must
believe that his family loved horses.
President Hayes had the first Siamese kitten in America, and President Fillmore
was a founding member and president of the Buffalo chapter of ASPCA.
James Buchanan had the customary man’s best friend - dogs, along with a herd of
elephants and a pair of bald eagles.
William Taft was the last to have a cow! Well the four legged kind anyway. And,
we don’t know for sure if this pet was a working cow. Perhaps it was the milkman
who displaced the cow as a choice for a presidential pet.
Congress banished two tiger cubs to a zoo, after they were given to Martin Van
Buren by the Sultan of Oman.
Perhaps, recognition for the strangest combination of pets owned by a
presidential family should go to the family of John Quincy Adams, proud owners
of an alligator and silkworms.
No doubt Woodrow Wilson felt more at home while sitting in the oval office and
watching his pet sheep as they grazed on the White House lawn.
Even Andrew Johnson is believed to have fed a family of mice. Of course this was
during the days of impeachment, so he could have had an ulterior motive. Or
perhaps he didn't have a dog and just needed a friend.
Only three presidents are believed to have had no pets while in office, that is
Chester A. Arthur, Franklin Pierce, and James Polk.
Pets have faired well under most administrations because so
many presidents loved animals. Don’t elect officials that fail to recognize that
dogs are an important part of our lives.
And make sure that people seeking
political
offices know that an estimated 60 million households love our pets,
and we take any pet legislation very seriously.
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