British Army Dog Joins List of Animal War Heroes
October 30, 2012 1 Comment
British soldiers and military dogs gathered at a London army barracks Thursday to honor a fallen hero with selfless courage, nerves of steel — and four legs.
Theo, a bomb-sniffing springer spaniel who died in Afghanistan on the day his soldier partner was killed, was posthumously honored with the Dickin Medal, Britain’s highest award for bravery by animals.
Theo worked alongside Lance Cpl. Liam Tasker, searching for roadside bombs in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold.
Tasker, 26, died in a firefight with insurgents in March 2011, and Theo suffered a fatal seizure hours later. Tasker’s mother, Jane Duffy, says the pair were inseparable. She’s convinced Theo died of a broken heart.
“They’ll be watching us, and they’ll be so proud,” she said. “I just wish they were here to get it themselves.”
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‘Animal Souls’ are a great Mystery – but the more we are around them and open our Souls to theirs, the more we connect with them – and they with us!
God made Everything Good – and these “Animal War Heroes” live-out their ‘Goodness’ in a superlative way…as ‘Man’s Best Friend’ and the ‘servant of all’.
They teach us many things…are we living-out OUR own FULL potential as Human Beings…as a ‘Servant of All’ but ‘God’s Good Servant’ first!