Great Cat and Dog Massacre - The Real Story of World War Two's Unknown Tragedy Kean Hilda Paperback
Great Cat and Dog Massacre - The Real Story of World War Two's Unknown Tragedy Kean Hilda Paperback The tragedies of World War II are well known. The government, vets, and animal charities all…
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Great Cat and Dog Massacre - The Real Story of World War Two's Unknown Tragedy Kean Hilda Paperback
The tragedies of World War II are well known. The government, vets, and animal charities all advised against this killing. But at least one has been forgotten: in September 1939, four hundred thousand cats and dogs were massacred in Britain.
She explains that fear of imminent Nazi bombing and the desire to do something to prepare for war led Britons to sew blackout curtains, dig up flower beds for vegetable patches, send their children away to the countryside--and kill the family pet, in theory sparing them the suffering of a bombing raid. So why would thousands of British citizens line up to voluntarily euthanize household pets?In The Great Cat and Dog Massacre, Hilda Kean unearths the history, piecing together the compelling story of the life--and death--of Britain's wartime animal companions. Kean's narrative is gripping, unfolding through stories of shared