Purple Poppy

[Honeylight]

I bought one of these. I had no idea it was from Animal Aid, an organisation I do not support. There was no very obvious logo on the box.
I wonder where the money goes? from the picture on the stand, of a soldier in Afghanistan with a sniffer dog, I assumed it went to help the animals in warfare.
I fear I have put money in Animal Aid's coffers.
Seems odd they are "raising money" on the back of something they must heartily disapprove of. I am cross with myself for not reading the box in more detail, it was in our local pet shop, so I just assumed it was all above board & for animals in the armed forces.
Any one else buy one?

 

[merrymeasure]

You're not alone Honeylight. I bought one too. I just tell myself it's just to remember the animals who served us so well, and still do, though I'm not happy about giving funds to AnimalAid either. I shan't be making the same mistake again, though. I try not to think about the money, but just the animals who were our great servants in the wars, past and present.

 

[mandwhy]

I have seen purple poppy images on facebook, of course it is sad that animals also died in the war but somehow I feel like doing it on remembrance Sunday seems a bit disrespectful of the humans we are supposed to be remembering? Maybe it is the fact people might wear the purple one instead of the red one as if the animals are more important... I don't know...

 

[merrymeasure]

I don't think it is disrespectful to the fallen. Wearing a purple poppy would in no way take away my gratitude, and sadness for those who died for us. The men who had the horses in WW1 were broken hearted when something happened to their "friend". Sometimes it was all those soldiers had to cling on to, and I'm sure they would not mind us remembering them too. Of course the loss of human life was, and is, more important, and we should never forget that. I wear my RED poppy with pride, for my Uncle Oliver, just 18, when he was killed in France, and for all the rest who have given their lives then and now, but I think we should not forget the part animals have played in OUR theatres of war. If I remember rightly, the story of the young soldier, who died, and how his dog, trained to be by his side in his job in Bomb Disposal, died shortly after, pining for his partner. That says it all for me. Sorry if you think I would be disrespectful in wearing something to remember the animals too, but that is so far from the truth.