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[] AKA the MY HERO project is a site where people from around the world have put stories of their own heroes.

Balto, They were not sure of Balto’s breed, he was some where between a siberian husky and an Alaskan malamute. He was named after Samuel Balto a norwegian explorer. He had seven sled dogs on his team. Steele and Dixie were Malamutes; Star, Nikki, and Kaltag were all Huskies Sylvie was a Afghan and Doc was a Saint Bernard. He took medicine to Alaska nearly a thousand miles away for the diptheria epidemic. a Norwegian Gunner Kaasen led his sled dog team with Balto in the lead. Balto lead them to Nome. The most dangerous and longest part of the serum run was the part Leohard Seppala and his dog team covered lead by Togo. The medication was later passed to Kaasen. Kaasen did not think Balto was much of a lead dog but Balto proved Kaasen wrong on the Iditarod Trail, saving his sled team from certain death in the Topkok River. Balto was even able to stay on the trail in whiteout conditions. Kaasen also admitted he could barely see his hand in front of his face. After the successful mission both Balto and Kaasen became celebrities worldwide. There is also a statue of Balto.

Ginny, Before Ginny was adopted, people found her locked in a closet with no food or water but still fighting for her pups. She was later taken to an adoption shelter where Philip Gonzalez was looking for a dog. He wanted a Doberman but they didn`t have one on the adoption floor. Just when he was about to leave, the volunteer who worked there said she had two dogs in the back recovering from being spayed. There was a Doberman and Ginny. Philip wasn`t interested in scruffy looking Ginny so he went to the Doberman’s cage. The volunteer insisted that he take Ginny for a walk. On the walk Philip got used to her and had a good time. When they came back Philip was ready to sign the adoption papers. The next walk they took Ginny ran around a corner chasing a cat, Philip thought they were going to fight bout found Ginny licking the small cat. He took her on another walk and once again she pulled out of his hands. She scratched and barked at a pipe until it fell... Out popped five kittens who were stuck. Ginny kept finding/rescuing lots of kittens... In her life she rescued 200! Animals and one man.

Koko, Is a very happy, very smart 35 year old gorilla!!! She learned american sign language when she was younger than 1 years old, she uses it to communicate and explain what it is like for all the animals in the world who’s habitat is being teared down. She took an IQ test, (the average human has an IQ of 100) she got in the 80‘s 90‘s. For her birthday she asked for a kitten, her owner bought her a toy cat. She signed ‘red’ for anger. After a while her owner understood and went to a kitten breeder who had three kittens, one had no tail, one had a stubby tail, and the other was perfect... I won’t say which one she chose. She wants a baby and has shown she can have that much love and affection for her kittens that she could handle babies very well, and when that day comes she will teach them sign language. Which means she will start a generations of intelligent gorillas.