Trained animal used for warfare or other military applications
"Animals in war" redirects here. For the memorial in Canada, see Animals in War Memorial.
Monuments for military animals in Ottawa, Ontario.
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. Pigeons were used for communication and photographic espionage. Many other animals have been reportedly used in various specialized military functions, including rats and pigs. Dogs have long been employed in a wide variety of military purposes, more recently focusing on guarding and bomb detection, and along with dolphins and sea lions are in active use today.[1]
A U.S. Navy dog handler at the War Dog Memorial in the National War Dog Cemetery at Naval Base Guam. The cemetery honors the dogs—mostly Doberman Pinschers—that were killed in service with the United States Marine Corps during the Second Battle of Guam in 1944.
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former recipients buried at the PDSA Animal Cemetery in Ilford, Essex, Greater London, were afforded full military honours at the conclusion of a National...
duck which exploded after consuming yeast. Various military attempts have been made to use animals as delivery systems for weapons. In Song Dynasty China...
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in the Battle of Thymbra. The first recorded use of the camel as a militaryanimal was by the Arab king Gindibu, said to have employed as many as 1,000...
declined to adopt them for military use. The Civil War interfered with the experiment, which was eventually abandoned; the animals were sold at auction. In...
dog, or casualty dog) was a dog that served in a paramedical role in the military, most notably during World War I. They were often sent out after large...
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