EP 38: POTUS- "Pets of the United States"

Almost everyone loves animals. Join us as we go through the list of the famous pets of the POTUS. Now including a surprising number of alligators!

Shownotes:

• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• Episode Photo is of First Lady Grace Coolidge and her racoon Rebecca; in the public domain through the Library of Congress and Wikimedia Commons
• https://www.forbes.com/advisor/pet-insurance/pet-ownership-statistics/#:~:text=Dogs%20are%20the%20most%20popular,and%20baby%20boomers%20(24%25).
• https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/sheep/
• https://www.lancasterhistory.org/all-the-presidents-pets/
• https://www.whitehousehistory.org/presidents-as-horsemen
• https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alligators-white-house-pets/
• https://ethiopianism411.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/americas-first-presidential-hyena/
• https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/laddie-boy-harding-dog-collar/iQF5o_cxt0aaiA?hl=en
•  https://coolidgefoundation.org/resources/the-coolidge-pets/
• https://americacomesalive.com/the-truman-dogs/
• https://www.nps.gov/thri/learn/kidsyouth/teddybearhistory.htm