For most of modern U.S. history, the president has had a pet. President-elect Joe Biden will resume this tradition in January with his two German shepherds — but White House pets haven’t always been cats or dogs 🐓 https://nyti.ms/3nnkLEW 
When the White House Was Full of Claws, Scales, Stripes and Tails

The long tradition of presidential pets is set to resume this January with two German shepherds belonging to President-elect Joe Biden. Their predecessors weren’t always cats and dogs.

https://nyti.ms/3nnkLEW
Most notorious for his unconventional pet choices was Theodore Roosevelt. His family owned horses, dogs, kangaroo rats, guinea pigs, a macaw, a badger, a garter snake, a bear, an elephant, a lion and a hyena. There was also a one-legged rooster. https://nyti.ms/36yFpLD 
Woodrow Wilson brought a flock of sheep to the White House during World War I, in order to save money and human resources while keeping the lawn trimmed 🐑 http://nyti.ms/36yFpLD 
President Calvin Coolidge and Grace Coolidge were sent a raccoon to be served for Thanksgiving dinner. But finding the raccoon to be friendly, the family changed her fate. Note the leash 🦝 http://nyti.ms/36yFpLD 
Learn more about the White House’s furry, feathery and scaly residents of years past: http://nyti.ms/36yFpLD 
When the White House Was Full of Claws, Scales, Stripes and Tails

The long tradition of presidential pets is set to resume this January with two German shepherds belonging to President-elect Joe Biden. Their predecessors weren’t always cats and dogs.

http://nyti.ms/36yFpLD
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