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Five Famous First Pets

4 The Love Of Animals

So in celebration, here is a fun list of Five Famous First Pets. First Pet, 1963): John F. Kennedy’s family owned many pets, including a horse, which was a present to 5 year-old Caroline Kennedy. First Pet, 1789-1791): In addition to horses and hound dogs, George Washington owned a parrot. Socks the cat.

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GUYANA–Simply Delicious Birding!

10,000 Birds

And Giant Otters are still common in the rivers around Karanambu Ranch, home of the late “otter lady”, Diane McTurck, who used to rehabilitate orphaned otters and whose family still runs the lodge. Decades of trapping for the pet industry drove them to the brink of extinction, and their survival into the future was seriously in doubt.

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