Every Horse Remembered pin badges
Brooke Launches Every Horse Remembered Pin Badges And Announces Ambassadors
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Marking the anniversary of the battle of Verdun, Brooke Action for Working Horses and Donkeys has launched an Every Horse Remembered pin badge to honour the lives of millions of horses that died in the First World War, and announced five new equestrian ambassadors for the campaign.
British event rider Harry Meade, dressage rider Alice Oppenheimer and international show jumper Laura Renwick join Hannah Russell and Little Alf the miniature Shetland, as well as U.S. Instagram sensation Muledragger as Every Horse Remembered Ambassadors. The group will be promoting the campaign through social media, attending events and supporting specific fundraising initiatives through 2018.
The commemorative badge depicts the Every Horse Remembered logo and is available to buy now from thebrookeshop.org. Each one costs £3 + P&P, and provides the perfect way for supporters to show they’re honouring the lives of war horses, and help working horses, donkeys and mules of today.
The launch marks the anniversary of the beginning of the battle of Verdun, a First World War clash that lasted almost 11 months. It was longest battle fought on the Western Front and was so bloody it was known as the ‘Meat Grinder’ in the trenches. Thousands of horses died in the battle, and on just one day 7,000 were killed by a shelling.
Eight million horses died in WW1, 75% of them from the extreme conditions they worked in. Brooke’s founder Dorothy Brooke sought out many of the left over horses years later in Cairo, Egypt. Sold into a life of hard labour, many were walking skeletons by the time she found them. She set up the Old War Horse Memorial, a legacy that evolved into to Brooke, the largest working equine welfare charity in the world.
Every Horse Remembered highlights the heroic struggle of working horses, donkeys and mules of the past and present, and will build better lives for future generations. To find out more just search ‘Every Horse Remembered’, or go to www.thebrooke.org/everyhorse.
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