Lord Byron kept a pet bear at Trinity College in 1805, as he was not allowed to bring a dog. He had a love for animals and also kept monkeys and peacocks as pets.
Lord Byron had a pet bear, according to people who knew the English poet. In 1805, Byron began attending Trinity College, where he was said to have kept a tame bear that followed him around in the same fashion as a pet dog. Accounts of Byron’s pet bear generally state that the aristocratic poet brought the animal to stay in his dormitory room in retaliation for not being allowed to bring a dog; the official rules did not expressly forbid pet bears. Byron was known to have had an avid interest in keeping animals as pets, including monkeys and peacocks, throughout his life.
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