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This Heroic Dog Raced Across the Frozen Alaskan Wilderness to Deliver Life-Saving Medicine—but His Contributions Were Long Overlooked
A statue of Balto in Central Park Pete LaMotte via Flickr under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Seppala added, “It was almost more than I could bear when the ‘newspaper’ dog Balto received a statue for his ...
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The True Story Of Balto, The Husky That Helped Save An Entire Alaskan Town From Certain Death
Across America, Balto became a household name. In New York City, he was even honored with a statue in Central Park on December 17, 1925, just 10 months after the serum run. Sculpted by Frederick ...
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The Animal Story That RFK Jr. Should Know
Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Just outside New York City’s Central Park Zoo, not far from where Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...
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On the centennial of the Nome Serum Run, the story of the sordid aftermath for its 2 most famous dogs, Balto and Togo
As Balto and his entourage toured the West Coast to support the film, a statue was announced for New York’s Central Park. Designed by Frederick Roth, the bronze sculpture was unveiled with ...