Owney is a postal dog who led a very big life.
After being abandoned by his owner, Owney went into a post office in 1888.He traveled all over the countryride with the bags on Railway Post Office and even ventured around the world as a emissary in 1895. OWney would get a medal each travel. The Postmaster General ordered a special vest to avoid those medals weighing down his neck. Owney was killed by the postmaster there because he was being mistreated during an interview and then he bit a reporter. Postal clerks all around the country chipped in money to commemorate Owney. He's now exhibited in the National Postal Museum's atrium.
http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2008/06/30/owney-postal-dog-and-albany-ambassador
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