There is a statue of Hachi at the Shibuya train station in Japan. He was an AKITA and he belonged to a Professor Hidesaburo Ueno. This was was way back in the 1920's. There was a movie made starring Richard Gere called "HACHI" about the dog and the professor. If you have not seen it you should. It is a beautiful and a heartbreaking testament to the immortality of love. I don't know if there are any other statues of any other real-life animals anywhere else in the world. Do you?
