As we near the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, enough about the fates of the human passengers! A baby Pomeranian named Lady was one of three dogs to survive the sinking of the Titanic, out of 12 canines on board. Owned by Margaret Hays, Lady survived the sinking because crew members allowed Hays to get in a lifeboat with the blanket-wrapped puppy. "Because they assumed it was a baby, it survived," said J. Joseph Edgette, who produced and curated a new exhibit on the tragedy at Widener University.

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Happy Easter, if you're into that sort of thing! As is such, it gets no better than seeing the First Family's dog donning bunny ears in this clip to promote the White House Easter Egg Roll, thus proving that even the most powerful American family will do something to embarrass their pet.

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Short Non-Film of the Day: The winner of the 2011 Tropfest Short Film Festival is understandably controversial seeing as it's not so much a short film as dogs and cats and dogs and cats and dogs and cats and dogs and cats and dogs and cats and dogs and cats and dogs and cats and boar.

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