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Venice : Top 10 Animals in Venice

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1. Pigeons

Piazza San Marco wouldn’t be the same without them, but their droppings play havoc with the stonework.
2. Lions

Symbol of Venice and St Mark, abundant statuary and paintings of lions in varying forms fill the city.
3. Cats

The city’s feline population is pampered and fed by affectionate Venetians.
4. Rats

Rare, thanks to imported Syrian cats in the past, replaced by an effective council eradication campaign.
5. Horses

Once ridden around town by the Venetian nobility, even up the Campanile via a ramp.
6. Dogs

By law dogs in Venice must be muzzled, kept on a leash and cleaned up after at all times.
7. Seagulls

Self-appointed garbage collectors, they do an admirable job around the markets.
8. Cormorants

Hundreds of elegant jet-black waterfowl inhabit the lagoon, to the chagrin of the fishermen.
9. Rhinoceroses

One of the many exotic circus animals portrayed on canvas by 18th-century artist Pietro Longhi.
10. Elephants

Incredibly, a runaway elephant from an 1819 circus took refuge in a church, and cannon fire was needed to dispatch it.