Monuments to various representatives of the fauna have been installed in hundreds of cities around the world. There are monuments to fairytale animal characters, for example, the Bremen Town Musicians in Bremen. Monument to the laboratory toad in front of the Pasteur Institute and "Pavlov's dog". Monument to St. Bernard in Switzerland, who saved 186 people in the snow-capped mountains. A monument to the mosquito that hardened the hardy inhabitants of Alaska has been erected.
Monuments to dogs
The most famous monument to a dog in Russia is in a park near the Institute of Experimental Medicine. This is a monument known from school to every "Pavlov's dog". An equally famous monument is erected in Tokyo. For its construction, money was collected throughout Japan. So people noted the canine loyalty of the dog Hachiko, who for ten years came daily to the station in anticipation of the deceased owner. In Edinburgh, at the entrance to the cemetery, there is a monument to the skyterie Bobby, who was on duty for 14 years at the owner's grave. In Togliatti, the dog lived for many years near the place of death of its owner; a monument was erected to him for his loyalty.
Many monuments to dogs in different cities of the world have been erected for the merits of dogs, for their devotion, for saving people's lives. In the park of Nesvizh in Belarus, there is a monument to the Greyhound who saved the owner at the cost of his life during a fight with a wounded bear. Similar monuments to dogs can be seen in the village of Bobino in the Kirov region, in Poland in the village of Pyevo. St. Bernard, who saved the lives of dozens of people caught in an avalanche, is immortalized in a monument in Paris.
There are humorous monuments where dogs are the main characters. In Vologda, for the centenary of the installation of street lamps, a monument was unveiled to a mongrel peeing on a jubilee pole. The idea is not new. In Brussels, a monument has been erected not only to the Manneken Pis, but also to the Manneken Pis. In Apolda, Germany, there is a beautiful monument to the Doberman family.
Monuments to animals, heroes of books and films
The gallery of monuments to book heroes is undoubtedly opened by the Bremen Town Musicians, one of the symbols of the city of the glorious free city of Bremen in Germany. Not far behind in popularity is the monument to the wolf from the cartoon "Once upon a time there was a dog", captured at the moment of satiated bliss: "Right now I will sing …". Kitten Vasily from Lizyukov Street decorates the street of the same name in Voronezh. And not alone, but with a crow.
In Moscow, in Maryina Roshcha, Koroviev and the cat Begemot are sitting on a bench. In Kiev, on Andreevsky Descent, a portrait of Behemoth is installed next to Bulgakov's house-museum. In Ramenskoye, a monument to the famous Wolf from "Well, wait!" and the heroes of the cartoon about Winnie the Pooh: Piglet, Winnie, Donkey Eeyore. In Baranovichi, in Belarus, a monument to the sparrow from the song "Chizhik-Pyzhik" was erected. There is a monument to this hero in St. Petersburg. And the sparrow-savior of fields from pests - in Boston, USA.
Monuments to the animal breadwinners
In Berdyansk, in Ukraine, there is a monument to a goby, and in New Zealand, in Traittown - a trout. These fish provide food and income for fishermen. There are monuments to a sheep and a goat in Uryupinsk, Berlin, Hamburg, Chebik (Sahara, Tunisia), London, in the village of Kolochava (Ukraine). Even Picasso immortalized himself with the sheep. There are sheep in stone in Montevideo and Queenstown, New Zealand and in dozens of cities and villages around the world on all continents.
Monuments to cows and horses are no less popular. In Prague there is a monument to the Przewalski horse, in Poland, a monument to donor horses at the Drvalevo Institute. There is a monument to the champion horse Kvadrat in Odintsovo. A sow with piglets is immortalized in the Danish village of Aarhus. And in Rome there is a monument to the she-wolf who brought up Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome.
