Have You ever met or seen live a famous Animal?

The closest I ever came to seeing an animal celebrity was Mr. Jiggs, a chimpanzee who appeared at my elementary school in the 1970s. Dressed in a spangled tuxedo, the animal made many public appearances around NJ, where he lived for many years. Since the first exposure I'd had to chimpanzees was watching a glass-enclosed room full of them scream, swing on trapezes, and fling poo at each other at the Terry Lou Zoo, I'd decided that chimpanzees were definitely not on my list of favorite animals. Watching Mr. Jiggs cavort around the school auditorium on roller skates and grimace hideously with his teeth bared did nothing to change my mind. Years later, I discovered that "Mr." Jiggs was actually female, and "his" comical mugging and tricks were the result of receiving frequent electrical shocks to a hidden neck collar, inflicted by her trainer to make her react. Her front teeth had also been removed, in order to prevent  incidents of attacking people and tearing off their flesh, which is typical chimp behavior. Nowadays, schools shy away even from having classroom pets such as hamsters and guinea pigs, out of fear that they may nip a child. Back in the 1970s, the general public was unaware of how aggressive and dangerous chimpanzees could be; only in recent years have vicious chimp attacks on people become widely reported. The fact that Jiggs, not the happy character that was presented to children's audiences but more likely a miserable, abused creature, never attacked anyone out of stress was probably largely due to her shock collar and maybe heavy medication as well. Fortunately, animal acts,
circus animals, etc., are much less common these days.