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Part of the Hachiko mosaic and Shibuya station, Japan

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An Edinburgh dog trail – April 2020 (Hosted on Pet Histories: The AHRC Pets and Family Life Project).

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A London pet trail (about 4 miles by foot and tube) – January 2020

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The wolves (and dogs) of Inverness – October 2019

A hidden gem and a discovered dog – August 2019

New PM but same Chief Mouser? – July 2019

Churchill’s feline legacy – July 2019

National K9 Memorial – July 2019

Finn’s Law: a triumph for police dogs and their handlers – June 2019

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Hodge: a very fine cat. Hodge belonged to the famous writer Samuel Johnson who rather doted on him, bringing him fresh oysters, which you can see atop the book. Gough Square, London (Picture: Jackie Buckle)

Hachiko drain cover. There are many, imaginative commemorative pieces to Hachiko in Shibuya, Japan (Picture: Cowardlion / Shutterstock RF)

The graves of Fido and Tar in Hyde Park pet cemetery. (Picture: Jackie Buckle)

One of the twenty or so cat statues that adorn buildings in the historic city of York. (Picture: Jackie Buckle)

Part of the Hachiko mosaic and Shibuya station, Japan (Picture: Vintage Tone /Shutterstock RF)

Jock VI at Chartwell, Churchill’s home in Kent. Visit this National Trust house and you may see him in the grounds. (Picture: Jackie Buckle)

Interesting Japanese memorials, each with a picture of the departed pet (Picture: thedalaialana / flickr, with permission)

This little cat adorned a grave whose inscription I couldn’t quite read in the east cemetery, Highgate. (Picture: Jackie Buckle)

Tiddles commemorative stone in St Mary’s Churchyard, Fairford, Gloucestershire.

Fala: Roosevelt’s Scottish terrier. This little statue is part of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington D. C. (Picture: Simfalex /Shutterstock RF)

Pet graves at Churchill’s home, Chartwell, which is in Westerham, Kent. (Picture: Jackie Buckle)

This dog adorned the grave of the Gardiner family just inside the east cemetery at Highgate. (Picture: Jackie Buckle)

The very loyal dog Waghya, Maharashta, India (Picture: Raigad_11 /flickr with permission)

The beautiful pet cemetery in Asnières-surSeine, France, that is also home to many rescue cats (Picture: Jean Pierre Collin, Nature Animale – http://www.natureanimale. com/. with permission)

This cat is part of an endearing collection of statues in Bermondsey featuring also the Dr, his wife and child. (Picture: Jackie Buckle)