Monument à Barry, Cimetière des Chiens - Asnières-sur-Seine, France
N 48° 54.602 E 002° 17.885
31U E 448567 N 5417691
[FR]Un monument à la gloire de ce saint-bernard du début du XIXe siècle est érigé par la direction du cimetière. [EN] At the entry to the cemetery is the monument to Barry, a Saint Bernard mountain rescue dog who died in 1814.
Waymark Code: WMFCMN
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 09/29/2012
Views: 14
[FR] Ce chien appartenait aux moines de l'hospice du Grand-Saint-Bernard et selon la légende aurait « sauvé la vie à 40 personnes, il fut tué par la 41e. »
[EN] The plaque says that during his lifetime, "Barry" was responsible for saving the lives of 40 people lost or trapped in the mountain snow. (Barry himself is not buried at the cemetery, but stuffed and on display at the Swiss Natural History Museum in Bern).
Type of Memorial: statue
Type of Animal: service, work animal
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