London: Exhibition of animals served during the war

An exhibition in London mentioned the war animals that used to be ordinary animals, casual ' civilian ' victims to honored heroes.

The exhibition exhibits images of elephants used by Hannibal to fight the Roman Empire, to today's mice that detect antipersonnel mines in Mozambic, through illuminated worms that allow viewing the map. in the trenches in 1916.

The exhibition ' Animals' War ' was held at the Royal War Museum, especially honoring the horses, the animals most exposed to the battlefield. The bronze statue of a horse and a mule are the most prominent images at the statue of ' Animal in War ' which was inaugurated by Princess Anne in 2004 in central London.

The museum tells the story of a bitch of Norwegian sailors who saved survivors in the icy and cold Baltic Sea shipwreck. He swam from one person to another to lick his face and prevent them from sleeping or freezing to death while waiting for the rescue team. Or Roselle, another bitch, brought its blind owner from the 89th floor out of one of the two twin towers in New York on September 11, 2001.

The exhibition also mentioned hundreds of news pigeons from the front, sometimes ending the mission in the stomach of a hungry civilian. An English print poster displayed at the museum begs the masses to respect the messengers who deliver mail from this battlefield.

Some pictures of animals show the cruelty of war and the evil of humans. If there was no war, then perhaps the scenery would be more peaceful and peaceful. The camels in the desert, but lying dead, the fur was black, they were suffocated due to oil fires during the Gulf War (1990-1991). The cows on the grass, which were driven away in the summer of 1944 during the Normandie landing campaign, were hit by dead bullets, then forgotten .

The British Dickin medal is made of bronze printed with ' We also serve ' for animals, which has been awarded 60 times since 1943. Rob, a colley-like dog is one of The first animals were awarded this medal in 1946.

' Animals'War ' exhibition lasts until April 22, 2007.

Memorial of ' Animals in War ' at Lane Park (London)
(Photo: cpwda)

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