(AP) – Bobi, (above) the purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo from
Portugal who was the world’s oldest dog, has died.

Guinness World Records says Bobi died Saturday at his
home in Conqueiros, Portugal, after living for 31 years
and 165 days.

The organization cited Bobi’s owner, Leonel Costa (below)
as saying that he was never tied up or leashed during his 
life and as he got older, spent most of his time in the
backyard of his property hanging out with cats. 

On October 17, 1974, Benji, a film about a stray dog who helps
rescue several kidnapped children, opens in theaters; it will
go on to become a family classic.

Written and directed by Joe Camp, Benji starred a mutt named
Higgins, who had been rescued as a puppy from a California
animal shelter and went on to appear in the 1960s TV series
Petticoat Junction and the 1971 movie Mooch Goes to
Hollywood, with Zsa Zsa Gabor.

On August 21, 1980, animal rights advocates Ingrid Newkirk
(above) and Alex Pacheco (below) found People for the Ethical 
Treatment of Animals. Rising from humble beginnings, PETA 
will soon become the world’s foremost and most controversial 
animal rights organization.

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