Last week, Mary the pigeon became the first animal to be given an English Heritage blue plaque to commemorate where she lived. The prized pigeon lived in West Street in Exeter, Devon, where the blue plaque was placed on Saturday. It is the civic society’s first blue plaque to commemorate a heroic animal and its owner. Mary of Exeter died in 1950 and is buried with other animal heroes in the PDSA Pet Cemetery in Ilford, Essex. To be awarded an official English Heritage plaque, the proposed recipient must have died at least 20 years ago.

Source: Punch January 21, 2018 18:11 UTC