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Queen Victoria's pets
Queen Victoria
and her close family
kept
numerous
pet
animals
, including:
Alma
– a
Shetland pony
given by
King Victor Emmanuel
Dandie – a
Skye terrier
Dash
– a
Cavalier King Charles spaniel
Eos – a greyhound which
Prince Albert
brought from Germany
Flora
– a
Shetland
pony
given by King
Victor Emmanuel
Goats
– The
Shah of Persia
presented
Queen
Victoria with a pair of
Tibetan goats
upon her accession to the throne. From these, a royal goat
herd
was
established
at Windsor. Goats from this herd were then used as regimental mascots by regiments such as the
Royal Welch Fusiliers
.
Nero – a greyhound
Islay – a
Skye
terrier. Victoria owned Islay for five years and he died after losing a fight with a cat.
Jacquot – a
donkey
Unknown name – a
lory
Looty – the first
Pekingese
in Britain, taken from the Chinese
Summer Palace
in the
Second Opium War
Marco – a small
spitz
which was the first of her many
Pomeranians
.
Hector – a
deerhound
Noble – the Queen's favourite
collie
. A statue by
Princess Louise
is in
Osborne House
.
Picco – a Sardinian pony
Sharp – a collie
Turi – a Pomeranian who lay on her
deathbed
at her
request
Coco – An
African grey parrot