Titled lord recollected the animals were his friends (2,8)
I believe the answer is:
dr dolittle
'animals were his friends' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'titled lord recollected' is the wordplay.
'recollected' is an anagram indicator (letters recollected and rearranged).
'titled'+'lord'='titledlord'
'titledlord' with letters rearranged gives 'DR DOLITTLE'.
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for dr dolittle that I've seen is " Rex Harrison film role".)