Uttar Pradesh: India’s first War Memorial for Animals to come up in Meerut

Meerut city
in Uttar Pradesh will be host to India’s first war memorial for service animals
including dogs, horses and mules. This place will dedicate itself to the
contributions and heroics of animals who have helped the army in counter-insurgency
operations in Kashmir and in the battlefield during the Kargil War.

The
memorial, claimed by officials to be similar to the National Warn Memorial in
Delhi, will come up at the army’s specialized breeding, rearing and training
centre for animals: the Remount and Veterinary Corps (RVC) Centre and College
in Meerut, according to sources.

Granite
tablets with names and service numbers of more than 300 dogs, 350 handlers and
a few horse’s mules will be inscribed at the memorial. The preliminary design
of the memorial and the land has already been identified.

The army has
more than 100 dogs, 5000 mules and 1500 horses.