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A mailman takes care of a dog that, unbeknownst to him, is an FBI drug-sniffing superdog that has escaped from the witness protection program after becoming the target of an assassination.

On a regular school day in the five puppies get locked up in a container full of ice cream buckets, which is to be flown north to Intiuktuk(?) and airdropped in the wilderness. They meet a led puppy, whose 'boy', Adam, wants to drive his own dog-sled (but who presently is missing exactly five puppies). His parents do not want him to pursue this interest. Back home, the puppies' owners, as well as their dog parents, are looking for them. A 'wanted' mail for the puppies is sent out over the world, but the Intiuktuk sheriff is too inexperienced with computers to get it. The six puppies are trained by a very old super dog, and quickly learn how to do the thing with the sled. Adam enters the yearly competition with his own, lightweight, sled, and faces some hardships, among which are a snow storm, and a very evil French-speaking dog-sled driver. Adam's parents arrive in time to see their son win the competition, and after the triumph, the five puppies get a regular flight back home, together with their dog parents, who have arrived to the Alaskan town in exactly the same way as the small ones. Back home the heroes are welcomed by their own 'boys' (and one girl).

The canine star of a fictional sci-fi/action show that believes his powers are real embarks on a cross country trek to save his co-star from a threat he believes is just as real.

Khan Kluay is a 2006 Thai computer-animated feature film set during Ayutthaya-era Siam about an elephant who wanders away from his mother and eventually becomes the war elephant for King Naresuan. It is based on "Chao Praya Prab Hongsawadee" by Ariya Jintapanichkarn.
It was officially released as Jumbo in India and The Blue Elephant in the United States.
As a young elephant, Khan Kluay is taunted by the other elephants because he is fatherless. Naturally, Khan Kluay is curious about his father, and he's told that his father is a war elephant for the king. Because of this, he wants to find his father. As he was still a young elephant, he wanders off to begin his search, and he is soon captured by a Burmese raiding party. In trying to escape from the Burmese camp, the young elephant is befriended by a Siamese boy prince, Naresuan, who has been ransomed to the Burmese. Naresuan has the ability to calm Khan Kluay into thinking clearly, and Khan Kluay makes his escape.
SOURCE: Wikipedia
Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHmldkyqe6E
Keywords: animals, elephant, bullying, family (reunited)

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Horton Hears a Who! (2008) - animation, adventure, comedy.
20th Century Fox Animation
Keywords: elephant, speck of dust, animals.

One day, an elephant called Horton hears some noises coming from a speck of dust. Despite of the fact that at the beginning he is not sure whether there is someone in there or not, he keeps trying to contact the people he heard. Eventually it turns out that the speck of dust is actually a city, called Whoville, and from that moment on, Horton decides to protect the people who live there.

Bartok the Magnificent, also known as Bartok the Great, is a direct-to-video spin-off to the 1997 film Anastasia, which features Hank Azaria as the voice of Bartok, Kelsey Grammer as the voice of Zozi, and Jennifer Tilly as Piloff. This film was released on VHS and DVD by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on November 16, 1999.
Russia is being terrorized by an evil witch known as Baba Yaga (voiced by Andrea Martin), and the only one who is not afraid of her is Bartok the Magnificent (voiced by Hank Azaria). Bartok, an albino bat, has just arrived in Moscow and is impressing everyone with his performances, including Tsarevich Ivan Romanov (voiced by Phillip Van Dyke). However, Ivan's advisor, Ludmilla (voiced by Catherine O'Hara), finds Bartok annoying and naive, and she tries to make a cossack stop his performance. After Bartok's show, a bear suddenly attacks. Bartok saves everyone by stunning the bear, knocking it over, and trapping it in a wagon.
SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA

TRAILER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8X3cLvjurQ

Keywords: animals, bat, Russia, witch

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Monika Bandi

Fluke is a 1995 film directed by Carlo Carlei and starring Matthew Modine as the voice of the title character with supporting roles done by Eric Stoltz, Nancy Travis, Max Pomeranc, Bill Cobbs, Ron Perlman, Jon Polito and Samuel L. Jackson as the voice of Rumbo. It was based on the novel of the same name by James Herbert.
A Golden Retriever puppy named Fluke (voiced by Sam Gifaldi), who has flashing memories and dreams of a human life. After being taken to a pound and eventually escaping from it, he is raised by an elderly homeless woman named Bella (Collin Wilcox Paxton), who gives him the name Fluke, stating that he is "a fluke by nature, and by name." He matures into an adult dog (now voiced byMatthew Modine) and he eventually realizes that he used to be a workaholic named Thomas P. Johnson (also portrayed by Matthew Modine), who died in a car crash.
SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA

TRAILER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8mzmM1FoxE

MOVIE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5f2OOYvOiY

Keywords: animals, dog, animal experiments, reincarnation

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Monika Bandi

Rusty: A Dog's Tale (USA video title: Rusty: The Great Rescue) is a 1998 family filmdirected by Shuki Levy, starring Hal Holbrook and Rue McClanahan.
The film is about two orphans named Jory (Blake Foster) and Tess (Danielle Keaton). Their cousins Bart (Charles Fleischer) and Bertha (Laraine Newman) try to take them away from their grandparents because the two kids have trust funds from their dead parents. When Bart and Bertha kidnap the newborn puppies, Rusty the dog (Matthew Lawrence) decides to save them.
SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA

FILM : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs3oQG2Vb4M

Keywords: talking animals, family, farm animals

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Monika Bandi

Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
Professor Parker Wilson finds an abandoned dog at the train station and takes it home with the intention of returning it to its owner. Nobody claims the dog so he decides to keep it.

Keywords: dog, loyalty, Japanese, puppy, friend
Tagline: A true story of faith, devotion and undying love.

Water for Elephants (2011)

After his parents' death Jacob Jankowski is left penniless and homeless. He ends up joining a circus as their vet working under a very unstable and violent boss.
PG13
Keywords: circus, elephant, train, violence