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Kids News Today's Kid's News Story   Presidential Pets Over the years, the President of the United States has often had a pet. Sometimes the pet was for their kids, other time for their wife, and other times for themselves. Some presidential pets are more interesting than others. For example, James Madison owned a Macaw (Parrot), John Quincy Adams had a pet alligator, Calvin Coolidge had a pet pigmy hippo, and Martin Van Buren had tiger cubs (for a short time). Andrew Johnson didn't have any official pets, but it is said that he fed mice that he found in his bedroom. Teddy Roosevelt may have had the most pets including several dogs, cats, a snake, a pony, pig, rooster, rat, guinea pigs, hen, a macaw, and even a badger (named Josiah). Here is a list of some of the past presidential pets: Amy Carter, daughter of President Jimmy Carter, had a pet Siamese cat with an interesting name: Misty Malarky Ying Yang. Try saying that 5 times fast! President Bill Clinton, not wanting to upset either dog or cat lovers, had one of each. He had a cat named Socks and a dog named Buddy. Benjamin Harrison had a pet goat named Whiskers, a Collie named dash, and two opossums. President Richard Nixon, a dog man, had four pet dogs including a cocker spaniel, a terrier, a poodle, and an Irish setter. A famous pair of pet dog Beagles, with the strange names of Him and Her, belonged to Lyndon B. Johnson. John F. Kennedy's children had a unique pet; a pony! It's name was Macaroni and, yes, it did visit the White House. We don't think it slept in the Oval Office, though! President Kennedy also had a number of other pets including dogs, cats, birds, hamsters, and a rabbit. President George Washington had several staghounds and coonhounds for hunting, a donkey, and his horse named Nelson. All in all, it seems like most of our presidents liked pets and animals. The one exception may be Chester A. Arthur who, as far as we can find, had no pets. Other Kid's News Articles Malia and Sasha Obama: New Kids in the White House The Philadelphia Phillies win the baseball World Series 4-3 Disney's High School Musical 3: Senior Year will be released October 24th Miley Cyrus to Star in Disney Animated Movie Bolt Lego Indiana Jones Game Coming this Summer Disney Pixar gets set for next movie: WALL-E High School Musical 2 from Disney Channel Breaks Record Disney's High School Musical 2 set for release this August Poll Results for Kid's Favorite Team Sport Nickelodeon's "Slime Across America Tour" 2006 is a Record Year for Giant Pandas Favorite Amusement Park Kid's Poll Results New "High School Musical" DVD Board Game Lego Star Wars II: The original Trilogy video game Back to School is Coming!!! Nickelodeon Launches Nick Mobile on Cell Phones Is Chewing Gum Healthy? Wrigley's Opens Science Institute to Find Out. Three Little Pigs Go On Exibit at the San Diego Zoo   Lego introduces new MindStorms NXT Robots   Disneyland opens new ride “Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!” Top 10 Selling Video Games in 2005 Disney buys Pixar:  Keep the great movies coming First Spacecraft sent to Pluto The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Tops $500M       Back to Ducksters Home Page

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