Pets



=Pets on Board the Titanic = There were many pets on the fatal voyage of the Titanic. There were nine dogs on board the Titanic and a canary. Ladies on the Titanic carried small dogs including Pekingese. One man brought a dog aboard named, "Kitty." A dog show was scheduled for April 15, 1912, but it never happened. One lady even brought a pig on board! Most people were stunned when they saw the lady who was carrying a pig. The pig did survive because the woman brought him in a lifeboat. When the Titanic sank, Captain Rostron, the Captain of the Carpathia, heard and spotted something swimming in the water. It was a dog swimming and leading people. Then the captain ordered the ship to stop. Swimming in front of the lifeboat, the dog led the survivors to the starboard gangway. Rigel, a black Newfoundland dog, was able to swim until the rescue ship, Carpathia, arrived.

=Pets on the Titanic= The Titanic was a wonderful ship. Some people brought their pets aboard. There was one dog who was swimming and trying to find his master in icy cold water and led a lifeboat. Many dogs were on the Titanic because there was supposed to be a Dog Show for the first class passengers. One lady carried a small pink pig on a lifeboat. Most first class ladies carried tiny dogs. Some person saved a weak dog the freezing waters. Lots of people released the pets in the icy waters. Nine dogs on the Titanic, one canary, 30 cockerels, and a cat survived the Titanic. Only two dogs and a canary survived the Titanic. Also, four roosters and hens were on the Titanic. A Pomeranian and a Pekinese survived the terrible sinking of the Titanic. = = = Pets on the Titanic = There were dogs on the Titanic. People didn’t just bring bags, but they also brought cars, chests, and other kinds of pets on the ship. The richest man of the world was on the Titanic. He brought his dog Kitty. The Titanic crew kept the dogs in the kennels or people kept them in their room. When the Titanic started sinking, some of the people’s dogs were locked in their room. They thought was just a practice. A lot of people were trying to save their selves than their dog. They were rushed. Ladies and children went first, then men. That means that dogs were last. But if the ladies had dogs in purses or carriers, they went with them into the lifeboats. A lot of the people were crying because they to leave a lot of other people with them and valuable items behind. One dog on the ship should their right to be saved from the sinking Titanic, life boats or the Carpathia. He needs to because he is a hero! When the people reached the Carpthia, they gave the dog’s food, water, and other comfort. Most of the dogs that were even saved from the sinking Titanic were probably first class pets or dogs. In third class they couldn’t even save their selves, so obviously they couldn’t save their dogs. The lady who had the pig was in first class on the Titanic ship. All of the 2,000 rats and some of the dogs that went down with the Titanic, and some are fish food for sharks or predators. Some were almost saved in the water. But I guess that the life boats were too far or they couldn’t swim to their owners or just people that they didn’t know in the life boats. Or they could have gotten hypothermia. Crews on the ship were actually nice enough to let the dogs out to try to find their owners, to swim their way to the lifeboats, or go in to the lifeboats being lowered. Most of them drowned or got hypothermia. Captain Smith had his own beloved dog named “Borzoi Ben”. “Borzoi Ben” stayed at home while Captain Smith was on the Titanic. Only two survived on the whole ship! A Pomeranian owned by Miss Margret Havs from New York and Sun Yat Sen. Lucy Duff Gordon loved Pekengese and Chow-Chows but she also had an Airedale named Bobbie.

Websites Used http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/index.php http://www.titanicberg.com/Animal_Survivors_of_the_Titanic.html http://www.martycrisp.com/dogs_of_the_titanic.htm