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Frasier the lion 1972 animals

Meet the Rescued Lion Who Became a National Sensation

Jone Pedersen animals

Celebrate the Anniversary of Bambi With These Peaceful Deer

Immaculate pig tips sprinkling can for makeshift shower. Pigs are persistent workers, says Breland, and are easier to train than dogs or horses. animals

These Might Be the Smartest Animals in the World

September 23, 1946 LIFE Magazine cover animals

26 of LIFE’s Best Animal Covers

Seeing eye cat, 1947 animals

Meet the Award-Winning Seeing-Eye Cat

Black Cat Audition, 1961 animals

Scary Movie? 152 Black Cats Go to an Audition

"Butch", baby female Indian elephant in the Dailey Circus, at feeding time. animals

The Story of Butch the Baby Circus Elephant

Hilda, the 15-year-old grande dame of Detroit's bears, cradles her latest set of twins, her fourth pair. animals

See Photos of Endangered Species from the 1960s

Scene at a dog dealer's compound, 1966. animals

‘Concentration Camps for Dogs’: Revisiting a Grisly LIFE Classic

A Squirrel's Guide to Fashion animals

A Squirrel’s Guide to Fashion

Tippi Hedren in her swimming pool, spouting water at Neil the lion, Calif., 1971. animals

Something Wild: At Home With Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a 400-Pound Lion

Scene at University of Michigan's hospital at Ann Arbor, 1956. animals

‘Animals Make a Hospital Happy’: Classic Photos of Critters Helping Kids

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