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Military animals are trained animals that are used in warfare and other combat related activities. As working animals , different military animals serve different functions. Horses , elephants , camels , and other animals have been used for both transportation and mounted attack .
These animals offered companionship for the troops, were a way of expressing national pride, raised morale, and offered soldiers some relief from the harsh realities of war. There are many ways that the animals were sourced, including advertising in the newspaper. An advertisement in the Ballarat Courier in March 1916 reads,
Pages in category "Military animals" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. ... Animals in War & Peace Medal of Bravery; Anti-tank dog; B. Boy ...
In Imperial China, a tiger was the personification of war and often represented the highest army General Officer, [2] while the emperor and empress were represented by a dragon and phoenix, respectively. The White Tiger (Chinese: 白虎; pinyin: Bái Hǔ) is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations.
J. E. Millais: The Return of the Dove to the Ark (1851). According to the biblical story (Genesis 8:11), a dove was released by Noah after the Flood in order to find land; it came back carrying a freshly plucked olive leaf (Hebrew: עלה זית alay zayit), [7] a sign of life after the Flood and of God's bringing Noah, his family and the animals to land.
The purple poppy was created in 2006 by the charity Animal Aid as a way to commemorate animals which served during conflicts as the charity viewed that they had been the forgotten victims of war. [1] Approximately eight million horses and donkeys died during the First World War. [2] It was created to be worn alongside red or white poppies. [1]
Britannia arm-in-arm with Uncle Sam symbolizes the British-American alliance in World War I. The two animals, the Bald eagle and the Barbary lion, are also national personifications of the two countries. A national personification is an anthropomorphic personification of a state or the people(s) it inhabits.
The Animals in War & Peace Medal of Bravery was instituted in 2019 in the United States by Robin Hutton and Mari Lou Livingood to honor the work of American animals in war and peace. The medal was created to be the American equivalent of the Dickin Medal , awarded in the UK for any animal displaying conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty ...