Japanese feline Maru is certified as the most viewed animal on YouTube after 10 years of diving into boxes.
Henry Bergh founds the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in New York after witnessing a carriage driver in Russia beating a fallen horse three years earlier.
Phoenician traders bring the first domesticated cats to Europe.
The dog collar is believed to have been invented in Mesopotamia, based on a wall painting depicting a man with a collared dog on a leash.
