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The Soviet Union launched the first animal to orbit the earth
into space—a dog nicknamed Laika—aboard the Sputnik 2
spacecraft.

Laika (above) part Siberian husky, lived as a stray on the
Moscow streets before being enlisted into the Soviet space
program.

Electrodes attached to her body provided scientists on the
ground with important information about the biological
effects of space travel. She died from overheating and
panic.

Model of Sputnik 2 at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics
in Moscow.

COOS BAY, Ore. — Oregon has yet another gem in its crown –
Wild Thang, the official World’s Ugliest Dog!

Wild Thang, an 8-year-old-Pekingese, won the World’s Ugliest
Dog championship at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma,
California on Friday.

The World’s Ugliest Dog contest has been a highlight at the
fair for almost 50 years and promotes adopting dogs from
shelters, instead of breeders, especially senior dogs.
(by Allison Berry, Associated Press)

Ann Lewis, of Coos Bay, Ore., holds her dog Wild Thang after winning first place at the World’s Ugliest Dog competition in Petaluma, Calif., Friday, June 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

Laborers in Central Asia came across the bones of an ancient
mammoth while quarrying on June 2. In a press release,
Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Culture explained that the remains
were found in "the sandy areas of the ancient floodplain of
the Jyrgalang River."

Kyrgyzstan is a country surrounded by Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and China. The discovery was found in the Issyk- 
Kul Region, which borders the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Region of China.
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The discovered remains of the mammoth included its jaw
and teeth.

On April 10, 1866, the American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)was
founded in New York City by philanthropist and
diplomat 54 year old Henry Bergh. 

Henry Bergh (August 29, 1813 – March 12, 1888)

Portrait of Henry Bergh on duty.