Z is for Zsa Zsa and Pets that belonged in a Zoo that weren’t previously blogged about!
Martin Van Buren (1837-1841), James Buchanan (1857-1861), Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929), Richard Nixon (1969-1974), and Jimmy Carter (1977-1981).

vintage illustration

representative photo

vintage illustration
President Theodore Roosevelt had numerous animals that belonged in a zoo. Some of them lived at the WH, others at his home in New York. He had a hyena, lion, coyote, zebra, barn owl, raccoon, five bears, flying squirrel and a wildcat.

all vintage photos/illustrations
President Calvin Coolidge was given a pair of lion cubs by the Mayor of Johannesburg, South Africa. He named them Budget Bureau and Tax Reduction and sent them to the zoo. He also had a wallaby, a black bear, a duiker and a bobcat named Smokey.

Poor babies, they look miserable. These supposedly photos of the actual cubs.

Duiker, representative photo

Bobcat, representative photo

Wallaby – sort of a mini-kangaroo!

Representative photo

This is a photo of the pandas, but I don’t know which is which!

First Lady Pat Nixon with the pandas
You definitely worked hard! Thank you for your interesting animal posts.:)
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Who knew there were enough presidential pets to be in the challenge? Congratulations on finishing. Time to relax and celebrate. (I agree, those lion cubs look miserable…)
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Congratulations Toby!!! Penny is very proud of you. Great job on the A-Z. It looks like a lot of animals ended up at the zoo.
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Congratulations! This was an awesome series and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Now off to rest for you! 🙂
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That was a brilliant theme – thank you so much for all that information! And well done for finishing it – I still have some catching up to do, but I can visit any time I like, since you’re on my Pinterest board!
Have a great year
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It’s amazing the animals that are given to the presidents as gifts.
Bravo on completing the challenge! You did great…we really enjoyed your posts from A to Z!
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Those are such interesting presidential facts and such weird “first” pets!
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We did not see all the A to Z posts, but we really enjoyed the ones we did. Many unusual pets and gifts to the presidents through the years. Thanks for all your hard work and research. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
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Oh, breaks my heart… These animals didn’t really belong in a zoo… They belonged in the wild 😦 Different times back then, I suppose (although it still happens now, doesn’t it?). This has been a great, great series! I learned so much, got my paradigms shifted a few times—I love it when that happens 🙂 So glad to meet you through the Challenge, and I look forward to staying in touch!
Guilie @ Life In Dogs
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