00:00The Wild History of Unusual Presidential Pets at the White House
00:04The White House has not only housed presidents, it has housed an animal parade.
00:11Dogs and cats were normal, but some presidential pets were anything but normal.
00:18John Quincy Adams was linked to an alligator kept at the White House.
00:22Theodore Roosevelt's family brought in enough animals to make the mansion feel like a small zoo,
00:27including snakes, guinea pigs, ponies, dogs, birds, and even a badger.
00:32William Howard Taft had a cow named Pauline Wayne, who supplied milk at the White House.
00:38Calvin Coolidge may have had the strangest collection of all.
00:42Rebecca the raccoon became a celebrity pet after arriving before Thanksgiving.
00:47The Coolidges also received or kept unusual animals including a bobcat, wallaby, lion cubs,
00:53a pygmy hippo, birds, and other creatures.
00:56Some of these animals were beloved companions.
01:00Some were gifts.
01:03Some were political symbols.
01:05Some probably had no business being pets at all by modern standards.
01:10That is the important part.
01:12Presidential pet history is charming, but it also shows how attitudes toward wildlife changed.
01:18A raccoon in the White House once sounded quirky, and or year.
01:22Today, most people would call a wildlife rehabilitator.
01:26The strangest presidential pets are not just funny trivia.
01:30They are a reminder that even America's most formal house has always had a little animal chaos inside.
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