Top 10 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.
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2. Lions
Symbol of Venice and St Mark, abundant statuary and paintings of lions in varying forms fill the city.
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3. Cats
The city’s feline population is pampered and fed by affectionate Venetians.
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4. Rats
Rare, thanks to imported Syrian cats in the past, replaced by an effective council eradication campaign.
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5. Horses
Once ridden around town by the Venetian nobility, even up the Campanile via a ramp.
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6. Dogs
By law dogs in Venice must be muzzled, kept on a leash and cleaned up after at all times.
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7. Seagulls
Self-appointed garbage collectors, they do an admirable job around the markets.
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8. Cormorants
Hundreds of elegant jet-black waterfowl inhabit the lagoon, to the chagrin of the fishermen.
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9. Rhinoceroses
One of the many exotic circus animals portrayed on canvas by 18th-century artist Pietro Longhi.
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10. Elephants
Incredibly, a runaway elephant from an 1819 circus took refuge in a church, and cannon fire was needed to dispatch it.
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