A photo celebration
Here are Matthew Broderick, Miley Cyrus and all your favorite celebrities, laying hands on dogs, tigers, goats and (almost) a hippopotamus.
New York City, 2011.
Melbourne, Australia, 1997.
Actor Adam Sandler touches a walrus during filming of the movie 50 First Dates. Vallejo, California, 2004.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall rubs the ear of a goat. Hackney, England, 2009.
At home in Hertfordshire, England, 1992.
Las Vegas, 2009.
New York City, 2011.
Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and her terrier, Fala. Circa 1950.
(Photo from the Franklin Roosevelt Library, via Wikimedia Commons.)
Beverly Hills, California, 2005.
Harrison Ford is, perhaps fortunately, not quite touching a hippopotamus. Calista Flockhart and her son Liam look on. National Zoo, Washington DC, 2009.
Queen Elizabeth II and her pet dorgi — a cross between a dachshund and a corgi. Badminton, England, 1976.
With her are the Queen Mother and (left) Lady Sarah Armstrong Jones.
London, 2010.
Actress Uma Thurman touches Shamu the Killer Whale at Sea World. San Diego, 2009.
Actress Miley Cyrus and her sister Noah (left) and a Maltipoo. Burbank, California, 2010.
Nairobi, Kenya, 2009.
First Lady Michelle Obama, joined by children from Tubman Elementary School, touches Bo the Dog on the South Lawn of the White House. Washington, DC, 2011.
Television ad for SmartWater, 2011.
Socialite Paris Hilton and Tinkerbell, her Chihuahua. Los Angeles, 2009.
Oprah Winfrey touches a koala for The Oprah Winfrey Show. Australia, 2010.
Elizabeth Taylor and movie star Lassie. Hollywood, 1946.
Celebrity astronaut Ham the Chimp touches a Homo sapiens. Florida, 1961.
HRH Prince Harry grabs for his polo pony as he falls during the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic. New York City, 2010.
Barrington Dog Park, Los Angeles, 2004.
Actress Emma Thompson not quite touching a woolly Mangalitsa pig. London, 2010.
London, late 1990s.
The dog is Oscar, who was a fixture around London’s Met Bar with his owner, Dennis Gill.
