One heartfelt way to participate is to contact your local RSL SubBranch and ask whether they will acknowledge War and Service Animal Day. Most are open to including a tribute, and your request can be the gentle nudge that brings these animals into the light of remembrance.
From there, you can purchase a purple poppy wreath - the symbol of animals in war—and lay it on the 24th February. It’s a small act, but standing there with that wreath in your hands, you feel the weight of all those stories: the horses who carried wounded soldiers to safety, the dogs who ran messages through gunfire, the pigeons who flew until their wings failed.
Why this matters
