In the northeast of England there is a town best known for one infamous event. During the Napoleonic wars they hanged a Monkey, mistaking it for a Frenchman.
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www.thisishartlepool.co.uk/history/thehartlepoolmonkey.asp
thehobbledehoy.com/2019/03/03/the-hanging-of-the-hartlepool-monkey/
www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/animal-awards-programme/pdsa-dickin-medal
www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Dickin-Medal/
www.forces.net/news/meet-brigadier-sir-nils-olav-iii-worlds-highest-ranking-penguin
