This is one of the works included in the artist's exhibition, 'Absurdities of War', illuminating the absurdities surrounding man's use of animals throughout the history of warfare. Still others died from exposure to chemical agents like chlorine and phosgene. Due to the important role dogs played during WWI and WWII, many countries successfully developed animal gas masks. A French sergeant and a dog, both wearing gas masks, marched to the front lines. ![]() They have been used for a variety of purposes including fighting, logistics, communication, as mascosts, for detection and tracking, as guard dogs and for explosives detection. Dogs were the most versatile of all animals used in war. Through her images she questions man's quest for power through war and the fate of animals used in this pursuit. As the Spanish artist Goya's etching focused on the brutality, humiliation and degradation of humanity during war, so too Auricchio's watercolour of the dog interprets human participation in war through the deliberate involvement of animals. A dog leaps over an Allied trench to deliver a message. Found in Connecticut in 1917 by members of the infantry, Stubby was stowed away on a ship to France by a. It was wearing a monstrous gas mask, and something was stretched across its shoulders that extended almost like wings. Here are some pictures of war dogs wearing gas masks against chemical warfare: 1 Two Airedale terriers in training at Lt. Sergeant Stubby (c19161926) was an American dog who served as the mascot of America’s 102nd Infantry Regiment during the First World War. Here is a collection of historical images of military service dogs wearing a variety of gas masks to protect them from these threats. When Stubby was brought before the commanding officer, he was a canine who believed he was just another soldier. Sergeant Stubby of the First World War: the heroic story of America’s most decorated war dog. Army would not begin work on its own mask until 1926, but the. quickly donning a gas mask due to an attack, then continuing with God’s work of getting the boys smokes. They decided to let the dog stay with the unit since he had come that far. To protect Sergeant Stubby, his owner John Robert Conroy of the 102nd Infantry Regiment bought a French canine gas mask. Mutt, a World War I dog that brought cigarettes to troops fighting in the trenches. After the ship docked, Stubby was discovered by some officers. The dog sits passively, an expression of both resignation and loyalty evident in its pose and its eyes. During most of the time at sea, Stubby was hidden in a coal bunker. ![]() Depicts an Alsatian dog wearing a gas mask.
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