PROTECT AND DEFEND

Blessings on those

of ALL species

who protect and defend

during times of war;

those WHO choose to serve

and those WHO are not given a choice.

~ The Animal Spirits

Painting:  “Goodbye Old Man”

“Goodbye Old Man,” was commissioned by The Blue Cross Fund in 1916

to raise money to help relieve the suffering of over one million injured and dying horses

used by

The British Army in Europe during World War I

The Painting depicts a British soldier saying farewell to his dying horse.

Reference:  http://www.bluecross.org.uk/