Whether you've watched the beloved animated film or walked past his statue in Central Park, there's a good chance you're familiar with Balto the sled dog. Long believed to be a Siberian husky ...

His heroic efforts have been recognised in a statue of the dog sitting in New York City's Central Park. But unlike what the 1995 cartoon film Balto suggests, it's not wolf ancestry that made him ...

The secluded star of Cleveland's palace of taxidermy was once the most famous dog in the country, even before he inspired a kids' movie. In 1925, Balto, a Siberian husky, led a team of sled dogs ...

In 1925, a handsome male sledge dog named Balto led a 13-dog team that braved blizzard conditions during the gruelling final 53-mile (85-km) leg of a 674-mile (1,088-km) dogsled relay, bringing ...