Working Animal Collection

Ploughing with shire horses, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Horse-drawn gypsy caravan, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Munster, Eire (Republic of Ireland), Europe

Seaside donkey on beach with Blackpool tower behind, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Horse-drawn gypsy caravan, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Munster, Eire (Ireland), Europe

Poaching
Two poachers with a sack. At their feet their lurcher dogs and the corpses of several hares. Original Artwork: Artist - Henry Alken (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Shire Horse
1926: A shire horse, in Islington, London, for the Shire Horse Show at the Royal Argricultural Hall. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Milk Cart
A horse drawn milk cart

White Horse Final
Mounted policemen control the crowds overflowing onto the pitch before the FA Cup Final between West Ham United and Bolton Wanderers at Wembley Stadium

Hounds And Horse
17th January 1953: Some of the hounds of the Pytchley Hunt with a horse at a meeting in Daventry in Northamptonshire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6531 - A Hunting We Will Go - pub

Ice-Bound Discovery
A dog team near the ice-bound British National Antarctic Expedition ship RRS Discovery, circa 1903. The expedition was led by Robert Falcon Scott and the third officer was Ernest Shackleton

Gray wolf
Gray wolves (Canis lupus) at the Wolf Science Center, Austria. This research laboratory explores the similarities and links between wolves, dogs and humans

Donkey in front of blue domed church, Santorini

Donkey cart, County Leitrim, Connacht, Republic of Ireland (Eire), Europe

Decorated shire horses pulling a plough in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Two Leonbergers (PR)

Public Library, New York City, United States of America, North America

Camels and rider at the Giza Pyramids, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Giza, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Horse and plough, County Sligo, Connacht, Eire (Republic of Ireland), Europe

Man and his pig looking for truffles

Bronze Camel caravan statues, Otrartobe settlement, Turkistan, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia

Ploughing, 1889 (1935). Artist: George Clausen
Ploughing, 1889 (1935). After the painting by Sir George Clausen, R.A. From Modern Masterpieces Part 19. [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1935]

Dromedary looking at camera, Bir Shalaten

London City Centre 1900s
circa 1900: A busy street in the centre of London full of horse-drawn traffic. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Antique illustration of Heracles driving the Sun chariot (from a painting by Nicolas Poussin, 17th century French painter), a chariot with four horses

Le Jockey by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec dating from 1899; Illustration

Portrait of a Leonberger (PR)

Husky sled dog resting on glacier

Domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), Salla, Lapland, Finland

Happy camel of Petra, Jordan
A camel used to transport tourists around Petra rests happily in the sun

Horse trek on an estancia (farm), El Calafate, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Somali camel nomads collecting water, Ethiopia, Africa

A camel stands in front of the Pyramids of Giza, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Bedouin and camel, Sinai, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Tourists in a horse carriage passing a wall sign saying Live free Cuba, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Six Horses, 13th-14th century. Creator: Unknown
Six Horses, 13th-14th century. Figuresin Khitan costumes

Traffic At Holborn
A mix of horse drawn and motorised traffic at the junction between Holborn and Kingsway, London. The new Underground station is on the corner. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Gauchos riding horses to round up sheep, El Chalten, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Smithfield Market
December 1888: Horses and carts used for transporting goods, outside Londons Smithfield Market. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Mounted police officer, Times Square, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

Zakopane Market, Malopolska, Poland, Europe

Animal transport, Santorini (Thira), Cyclades Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Horse and carriage carrying tourists from the childrens farm down an avenue of poplar trees in the grounds of Umberslade Hall, Tanworth in Arden, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Man farmer with a horse harrowing a field on a sunny day. Concept of spring work in the field

Elephants for sale in the Haathi Bazaar, Sonepur Mela, Sonepur, Bihar, India Elephants for sale in the Haathi Bazaar, Sonepur Mela, Sonepur, Bihar, India

Man sitting on elephant in river, Thailand Man sitting on elephant in river, Thailand

alphabet B study with illustration and words

Lusitano horse, dun stallion pawing the ground, Portugal, May 2011

Lusitano horse, grey stallion trotting, Portugal

Bullock carts are the main means of transport for local residents, Tamil Nadu state, India, Asia

Blackfoot Chief
circa 1910: A chief of the Blackfoot tribe on horse-back and wearing traditional dress and headdress, in western Canada. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Mule Train, 1947. Creator: Unknown
Mule Train, 1947. By Johnny Lange, Hy Heath, Fred Glickman, featuring Jimmy Miller and the Squadronaires, a band intended to raise morale and entertain the troops during World War II. [Chappell & Co

Tourist camel caravan going through Sahara Desert, Erg Chebbi, Merzouga, Morocco

Dog sleds crossing the frozen snowy landscape in winter, Lyngen Alps, Tromso, Troms og Finnmark, Norway

Load of Xmas trees, N.Y. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Load of Xmas trees, N.Y. between c1910 and c1915

Gathering seaweed, 1860s-1880s. Creator: Richard Beavis
Gathering seaweed, 1860s-1880s. Gathering Seaweed is a coastal landscape displaying the collaboration between people and animals

California delegates on stagecoach at the 1912 Republican National Convention held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-22, 1912

Times of Day/ Aurora, 1660. Creator: Jan de Visscher
Times of Day/ Aurora, 1660. From the Times of Day, after Nicolaes Berchem

Our boys in France, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Our boys in France, 1917 or 1918. American soldiers in France during World War I

Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852)
864520 Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852); (add.info.: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850-1894)
864492 Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850-1894); (add.info.: Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish author, born in Edinburgh. Stevenson in Samoa on his horse Jack'

Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856
864514 Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856; (add.info.: Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856

Threshing corn using a horse pulling a sledge
864046 Threshing corn using a horse pulling a sledge; (add.info.: Threshing corn using a horse pulling a sledge. Using an ox to raise buckets of water from a well)

Leibig card, 1900, depicting the extent of the British Empire
3665786 Leibig card, 1900, depicting the extent of the British Empire by Unknown Artist, (19th century); (add.info.: Leibig card, 1900, depicting the extent of the British Empire)

German Red Cross dogs, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Red Cross dogs, between 1914 and c1915

Descent into the Anzherskaya mine, 1911. Creator: Kozlov
Descent into the Anzherskaya mine, 1911

Moose harnessed for work beside tepee [i.e. tipi], 1916(?). Creator: C. W. Mathers
Moose harnessed for work beside tepee [i.e. tipi], 1916(?)

German Red Cross dog seeking wounded, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Red Cross dog seeking wounded, between 1914 and c1915. German man with a Red Cross dog searching for wounded soldiers during World War I

Pony carrying French Mitrailleuse, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Pony carrying French Mitrailleuse, between c1914 and c1915. A French soldier with a pack horse which is carrying a mitrailleuse, a disassembled machine gun, at the beginning of World War I

Dog team at Seventh All Alaska Sweepstakes, April 13, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Dog team at Seventh All Alaska Sweepstakes, April 13, 1914

Sled dog in the small town Uummannaq. During winter the dogs are still used as dog teams to pull sledges of fishermen. Greenland, Danish Territory

Sled dog in the small town Uummannaq. During winter the dogs are still used as dog teams to pull sledges of fishermen. Greenland, Danish Territory

Sled dog puppy in the small town Uummannaq. During winter the dogs are still used as dog teams to pull sledges of fishermen. Greenland, Danish Territory

Sled dog in the small town Uummannaq. During winter the dogs are still used as dog teams to pull sledges of fishermen. Greenland, Danish Territory

Sled dog in the small town Uummannaq. During winter the dogs are still used as dog teams to pull sledges of fishermen. Greenland, Danish Territory

Sled dog in the small town Uummannaq. During winter the dogs are still used as dog teams to pull sledges of fishermen. Greenland, Danish Territory

The Dock at Sveaborg. Creator: Elias Martin
The Dock at Sveaborg, Unknown date

Resting oxen, 1862. Creator: Jan Bedys Tom
Resting oxen, 1862. Cart with tree trunk

A Bound Elephant being led from the Last Section of the trap, the Prison Corral, 1785

Building site in the west of old Amsterdam, 1900. Creator: George Hendrik Breitner
Building site in the west of old Amsterdam, 1900

Horses on the beach, a barge and fishermen in the background, c.1867-c.1923

Excavating for new reservoir at Slater, Mo. 1901 Oct 10. Creator: Unknown
Excavating for new reservoir at Slater, Mo. 1901 Oct 10

Studies of shell cart and horses on the beach, 1852. Creator: Willem Antonie van Deventer
Studies of shell cart and horses on the beach, 1852

De Florina a Monastir; les chars macedonies, herisses de pieux et traines par des boeufs, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

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From ploughing fields to seaside strolls they can the unsung heroes of our daily lives. In Derbyshire, England, the majestic shire horses gracefully pull their weight as they tirelessly plough the land. Meanwhile, in Blackpool, Lancashire, a charming donkey takes tourists on a delightful beach ride with the iconic Blackpool tower as its backdrop. The allure of a horse-drawn gypsy caravan transports us back in time to an era where simplicity and wanderlust prevailed. And who can forget the thrilling White Horse Final? The power and elegance of these magnificent creatures leave spectators awe-struck. Not only do animals serve practical purposes but they also provide companionship and loyalty. Two Leonbergers proudly stand side by side, exuding strength and devotion that warms our hearts. Even in faraway Santorini, Greece, a humble donkey poses humbly before a picturesque blue-domed church. In bustling cities like New York City, even amidst towering skyscrapers and busy streets lies an oasis - public libraries - where therapy dogs bring comfort to those seeking solace among books. These gentle souls remind us that sometimes all we need is some furry affection. While some animals work for noble causes such as delivering milk carts or assisting law enforcement against poaching activities; others partake in exhilarating adventures like hounds chasing after foxes while mounted on trusty steeds, and are not just mere tools; they embody dedication and resilience that inspire us humans every day.