Swansea Jack

Swansea Jack (1930 – October 1937) was a Welsh dog who rescued 29 people from the docks and riverbanks of Swansea, Wales. He was a black retriever with a longish coat. He was similar in appearance to a modern Flat-Coated Retriever, but was instead identified at the time as a Newfoundland dog, despite being considerably smaller and lighter in build than the typical modern Newfoundland dog, possibly because he was reported to have been born in Newfoundland.

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