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===Other animals=== * Muriel β A goat who is another of the oldest, wisest animals on the farm and friends with all of the animals on the farm. Similar to Benjamin, Muriel is one of the few animals on the farm who is not a pig but can read. She survives, as does Benjamin, by eschewing politics. * The puppies β Offspring of Jessie and Bluebell, the puppies were taken away at birth by Napoleon and raised by him to serve as his powerful security force. * Moses β The Raven, "Mr. Jones's especial pet, was a spy and a tale-bearer, but he was also a clever talker".{{Sfn|Orwell|2009|p=35}} Initially following Mrs. Jones into exile, he reappears several years later and resumes his role of talking but not working. He regales Animal Farm's denizens with tales of a wondrous place beyond the clouds called "Sugarcandy Mountain, that happy country where we poor animals shall rest forever from our labours!" Orwell portrays [[Religion and politics|established religion]] as "the black raven of priestcraft β promising pie in the sky when you die, and faithfully serving whoever happens to be in power". His preaching to the animals heartens them, and Napoleon allows Moses to reside at the farm "with an allowance of a gill of beer daily", akin to how Stalin brought back the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] during the Second World War.{{sfn|Dickstein|2007|p= 141}} * The sheep β They are not given individual names or personalities. They show limited understanding of Animalism and the political atmosphere of the farm, yet nonetheless, they are the voice of [[Herd behavior#Sheeple|blind conformity]]{{sfn|Dickstein|2007|p=141}} as they bleat their support of Napoleon's ideals with jingles during his speeches and meetings with Snowball. Their constant bleating of "four legs good, two legs bad" was used as a device to drown out any opposition or alternative views from Snowball, much as Stalin used hysterical crowds to drown out Trotsky.{{sfn|Meyers|1975|p=122}} Towards the end of the book, Squealer (the [[propagandist]]) trains the sheep to alter their slogan to "four legs good, two legs better", which they dutifully do. * The hens β The hens are promised following the rebellion that they will get to keep their eggs, which are stolen from them under Mr. Jones, however, their eggs are soon taken from them under the premise of buying goods from outside the farm. The hens are among the first to rebel, albeit unsuccessfully, against Napoleon, being brutally suppressed through starvation. They represent the Ukrainian victims of the [[Holodomor]].<ref>[https://www.garethjones.org/soviet_articles/orwell_holodomor.htm George Orwell's Animal Farm β Ch. VII β An Academic Collaboration of the Symbolism Relating to the 1932-33 Soviet Ukrainian Famine- Genocide (Holodomor).]</ref><ref>[https://switchelphilosopher.blog/2020/08/22/the-holodomor/ The Holodomor]</ref> * The cows β Unnamed. The cows are enticed into the revolution by promises that their milk will not be stolen but can be used to raise their calves. Their milk is then stolen by the pigs, who learn to milk them. The milk is stirred into the pigs' mash every day, while the other animals are denied such luxuries. * The cat β Unnamed and never seen to carry out any work. The cat is absent for long periods and is forgiven because her excuses are so convincing and she "purred so affectionately that it was impossible not to believe in her good intentions".{{sfn|Orwell|2009|p=52}} She has no interest in the politics of the farm, and the only time she is recorded as having participated in an election, she is found to have actually "voted on both sides".{{sfn|Orwell|2009|p=25}} * The ducks β Unnamed. A brood of ducklings is said to have lost their mother. They are protected by Clover. * The roosters β One arranges to wake Boxer early, and a black one acts as a trumpeter for Napoleon since he was a young cockerel. * The geese β Unnamed. One gander commits suicide by eating nightshade berries. * The rats β Unnamed. Classed among the wild animals, unsuccessful attempts were made to civilise them and teach them the principles of Animalism. * The rabbits β Like the rats unsuccessful attempts were made to civilise them. At one point, Jones' men go rabbiting.
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