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In "Rocky", Sylvester Stallone made Rocky's love interest work in a pet store in order to put his beloved dog Butkus into the movie.

An Irish yob snatched and threw a homeless man's pet rabbit in a river. The homeless man risked his life by jumping in after his beloved pet. They were both saved by firefighters and the yob was convicted of animal cruelty. The rabbit is named Barney.

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1. English writer Samuel Johnson was known to pamper his pets so much, he purchased oysters for Hodge himself, his beloved cat. A statue of Hodge sits today outside Johnson's former London home, perched on top of a dictionary, next to some empty oyster shells, inscribed “A very fine cat indeed.”

2. Room 8 was once the most beloved cat in LA - donations for his funeral were so great the stray has one of the biggest graves in the pet cemetery (the most visited 51 years later), what was left was donated to a cat rescue established in his name.

3. Hitler, in an attempt to verify the potency of the cyanide pill he was given, tested it on his beloved pet dog Blondi. Blondi died because of this, by her own master's hand.

4. When Charles Dickens beloved pet cat died he had its paw made into a letter opener.

5. Back in 2013, a person attempted to transport his "beloved" pet turtle on a plane, disguised as a burger.

6. Hanno, a white elephant and Pope Leo X's most beloved pet died from complications after he was given a gold-enriched laxative.

7. Stealing and selling dogs is, for some, a way to earn quick cash. But it is not without risk. In Vietnam, since 2012, at least 20 dog thieves have been beaten to death by community members fed up with having their beloved pets stolen.

8. Lord Byron kept a pet bear in college. He did this via loophole abuse-the university forbade keeping dogs, meaning he couldn’t keep his beloved pet with him, but there was no mention of bears in their rules. He would even walk it around the ground on a chain.