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“A DOG’S LIFE” – THE PRIVILEGED DOGS OF THE LATE QUEEN – By Des Kelly Sadly, many people around the World today lead what is termed ‘a dog’s life’, barely able to find something to eat, diggimg into dust-bins in order to do so, ragged & torn clothing on their backs, no matter what the weather, no-one to help them when they are sick, being laid in the so-called ‘pauper’s grave’ at the end, and, sadder also is the fact that this happens to most dogs as well. I am unsure about the percentages, but would think that it is in the higher bracket of ubfortunate happenings. This, already being my saddest introduction to a story in 2023, let us now delve into quite the opposite, with this video from Christopher Lawton, OAM, which proves that ‘certain dogs’ have been, are now, and forever will be, some of the luckiest ...

“COMRADES IN ARMS” – By Des Kelly There are dozens of stories about them, various animals and even birds like pigeons who have been these loyal “Comrades-in-Arms”, giving invaluable aid to their Masters & Mistresses, both in Peacetime & War. Going back, into history, horses come to mind. Hundreds of then fighting together with their masters riding them, in battles lasting for hours, dying with them, if beaten, loyal o the very end. Little trained pigeons, carrying messages for their carers, for kilometres, and sometimes being shot, for their trouble, and of course, Man’s best friends, dogs, of all shapes and sizes, doing what was necessary to protect their human mates, even to the death, if need be. These, then, are some of the Comrades-in Arms that this story is about. Read it carefully my friends, and even if you are not an animal ...