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Travels between the isles of scilly and penzance. they were transporting a menagerie of animals that were en route to be rehoused in a zoo in devon, including four mischievous meerkats. two of them managed to escape while we were on the way across. so we waited till we got back into penzance to try and catch them, because we didn t want to scare them. i think they re known for being escape artists. he was in a cat box and they d managed to push the lid up enough well, push the top of it up enough to get the gate out and broke out that way. and they were sort of down here, just down on the main deck. and, yeah, they werejust running around hiding under everything, really. and we managed to catch one, and then the other one, off he went along the side of the ship here. got over the side. quite a drop then? yeah, quite a drop. it s a good 15 foot. he was in the air for a little while! i didn t think they could swim, but we watched him go down and he was swimming away. got into my swim ....
Finally stories of heroism and sacrifice. the effort to rescue the animals of ukraine taking on almost biblical proportions matt bradley is there. reporter: just two months ago it was a refuge for animals and their two-legged friends, but since russia s attack on kharkiv in ukraine s east, five zookeepers at alexander feldman eco park zoo have lost their lives, doing what they loved. animals don t kill each other for fun, he told me animals don t do the awful things these people are doing to us. some had volunteered to stay behind to care for the animals, enduring constant shelling that destroyed much of the zoo, like these horse enclosures. but their deaths weren t in vain. those horses had already been rescued part of the zoo s extraordinary efforts as the fighting began to save a massive menagerie of 40 different kinds of ....
Generation ago, the clintons domestic politics sometimes meant socks the cat and buddy the chocolate lab competed for attention. the kennedys menagerie of pets included a pony named macaroni scotty, barney, and ms. beasley were loved by george and laura bush look, barney, there s your new little sister. reporter: the obamas made the introduction of beau a romping family photo op that s a good looking dog. reporter: these purr-fect companions maybe for a moment putting our divided time on paws kelly o donnell, nbc news, the white house. that s nbc nightly news for this friday thank you for watching i m lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. stay safe and good night. ....