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WoundedSoldierWithPet

Wounded Soldier with Pet

Man’s Best Friend
A wounded Canadian soldier holds his puppy. Animals of all kinds lived in the trenches alongside soldiers.

George Metcalf Archival Collection
CWM 19920044-805

Laureen Harper

Laureen Harper joins the Animals in War Dedication Project as Honourary Patron.

Presenting Sponsor
Did you Know?

200,000 pigeons were used as messengers in WWII. Of 17,000 parachuted into enemy territory, fewer than one in eight returned.

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